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resuscitate

verb

  1. bring back to consciousness
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/

adj

Etymology: From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).

  1. Restored to life.

    [O]nce return'd / Unto her body new reſuſcitate / From ſleep, remembring well how erſt ſhe mourn'd, / Marvels how all ſo ſoon to peace and eaſe is turn'd.

verb

Etymology: From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).

  1. To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

    to resuscitate a drowned person

    to resuscitate withered plants

  2. To regain consciousness.