resuscitate

resuscitate

English

Etymology

From Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitare (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citare (“to summon, rouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/

Verb

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

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

   to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants

2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

Synonyms

• (to regain consciousness): come to

Related terms

• resuscitable
• resuscitation
• resuscitative
• nonresuscitable
• nonresuscitation
• nonresuscitative
• unresuscitable
• unresuscitated
• unresuscitating
• unresuscitative

Translations

To restore consciousness

Basque: berpiztu Finnish: elvyttää (fi) French: ressusciter (fr) Georgian: გაცოცხლება (gacocxleba) German: wiederbeleben (de) Hungarian: újjáéleszt (hu)

Italian: resuscitare (it) Latin: resuscito Maore Comorian: uɓaâthi (ubaâthi) Romanian: reanima (ro), reînvia (ro), resuscita (ro), renaște (ro) Russian: оживлять (ru) (oživljatʹ), приводи́ть (ru) (privodítʹ) в (ru) (v) созна́ние (ru) (soznánije), реанимировать (ru) (reanimirovatʹ) Swedish: återuppliva

To regain consciousness

Finnish: virota, palata/tulla tajuihinsa Georgian: გამოფხიზლება (gamopxizleba) Italian: resuscitare (it)

Latin: resuscito Russian: очну́ться (ru) (očnútʹsja), приходи́ть (ru) (prixodítʹ) в (ru) (v) созна́ние (ru) (soznánije) Swedish: kvickna till, komma till liv

Adjective

resuscitate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Restored to life.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Gardiner to this entry?)

Further reading

• resuscitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resuscitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• resuscitate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

resuscitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of resuscitare
2. second-person plural imperative of resuscitare
3. feminine plural of resuscitato

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Latin

Verb

resuscitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of resuscitō