resuscitate
pronunciation
How to pronounce resuscitate in British English:
UK [rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt]
How to pronounce resuscitate in American English:
US [rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt]
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- Verb:
- cause to regain consciousness
- return to consciousness
Word Origin
- resuscitate (v.)
- early 15c., "revive, restore," from Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare "rouse again, revive," from re- "again" (see re-) + suscitare "to raise, revive," from sub "(up from) under" (see sub-) + citare "to summon" (see cite). Intransitive use from 1650s. Related: Resuscitated; resuscitating. Earlier was resuscen "restore (someone) to life, resurrect" (c. 1400).
Example
- 1. To resuscitate the great king of the mongols .
- 2. A personal physician first tried to resuscitate michael jackson at his home before paramedics arrived .
- 3. A miracle : a gentle puff of your warm breath will resuscitate the flies .
- 4. Death in such cases is therefore based on a decision not to resuscitate , not the impossibility of resuscitation .
- 5. Foley said he 's seen victims of digital death spend as long as 18 years trying to resuscitate their credit lives .