RESUSCITATE

resuscitate, revive

(verb) cause to regain consciousness; “The doctors revived the comatose man”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

resuscitate (third-person singular simple present resuscitates, present participle resuscitating, simple past and past participle resuscitated)

(transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

(intransitive) To regain consciousness.

Synonyms

• (to regain consciousness): come to

Adjective

resuscitate (not comparable)

(obsolete) Restored to life.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*sus"ci*tate, a. Etym: [L. resuscitatus, p. p. of resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate.]

Definition: Restored to life. [R.] Bp. Gardiner.

Re*sus"ci*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resuscitated;p. pr. & vb. n. Resuscitating.]

Definition: To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.

Re*sus"ci*tate, v. i.

Definition: To come to life again; to revive. These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate. J. S. Mill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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