resuscitate

[ ri-suhs-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

, re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing.

1. to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.

resuscitate

/ rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. tr to restore to consciousness; revive

Derived Forms

• reˈsuscitative, adjective
• reˈsuscitable, adjective
• reˌsusciˈtation, noun

Other Words From

• re·sus·ci·ta·ble [ri-, suhs, -i-t, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
• re·susci·tation noun
• re·susci·tative adjective
• nonre·susci·ta·ble adjective
• nonre·susci·tation noun
• nonre·susci·tative adjective
• unre·susci·ta·ble adjective
• unre·susci·tated adjective
• unre·susci·tating adjective
• unre·susci·tative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of resuscitate¹

1525–35; < Latin resuscitātus (past participle of resuscitāre “to reawaken”), equivalent to re- re- + sus- sus- + cit(āre) “to move, arouse” ( cite ¹ ) + -ātus -ate ¹( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of resuscitate¹

C16: from Latin resuscitāre , from re- + suscitāre to raise, from sub- up from below + citāre to rouse, from citus quick

Example Sentences

Klimas told the Blade he attempted to resuscitate Rieschick after calling 911.

From Washington Blade

The employee, who was born in 1998 and joined Pinduoduo in July 2019, could not be resuscitated and died after nearly six hours of first aid, according to a statement.

From Fortune

Elliott Management, the hedge fund that took B&N private last year, brought in Daunt to resuscitate Waterstones’ much larger American cousin.

From Fortune

The book also includes new sordid details about his treatment of Goucher that are unlikely to help resuscitate his image.

From Outside Online

In some cases, doctors gave patients do-not-resuscitate orders without family or patient consent, sometimes overruling families that wanted everything done for their loved one, three nurses said.

From ProPublica

Efforts to resuscitate her failed and she was pronounced dead at nearby Albert Einstein Medical Center.

From The Daily Beast

That, too, is the test for Cadillac—to resuscitate a legend.

From The Daily Beast

The string of flat-lined attempts to resuscitate the genre that preceded The Maya Rudolph Show certainly speaks to that.

From The Daily Beast

Firefox no longer has its moral high-horse, and that leaves its fragile state without anyone to resuscitate it if flatlines.

From The Daily Beast

They are said to have lowered her and done all they could to resuscitate her, but she was now beyond help.

From The Daily Beast

Just 45 minutes after this second patient had been brought into the operating room the effort to resuscitate him began.

From Project Gutenberg

But very soon various causes combined to resuscitate the dialect literature.

From Project Gutenberg

They may be battered and even sundered for a time, but each successive shock will only serve to resuscitate their vitality.

From Project Gutenberg

Kneeling over his parent, Dick set to work to resuscitate the almost drowned man.

From Project Gutenberg

A few drops sprinkled upon a corpse sufficed to resuscitate it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• energize
• invigorate
• rejuvenate
• restore
• resurrect
• revitalize