resuscitate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/

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.
2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

Related terms

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

Translations

To restore consciousness

Basque: berpiztu (eu) Finnish: elvyttää (fi)

German: wiederbeleben (de) Italian: resuscitare (it) Latin: resuscito (la) Latin: resuscito (la)

To regain consciousness

Finnish: virota, palata/tulla tajuihinsa

Italian: resuscitare (it) Latin: resuscito (la) Latin: resuscito (la)

External links

• resuscitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• resuscitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 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