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): /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.

   to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants

2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

Related terms

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

Translations

To restore consciousness

• Basque: berpiztu
• Finnish: elvyttää (fi)
• German: wiederbeleben (de)
• Italian: resuscitare (it)

• Latin: resuscito
• Romanian: reanima (ro), reînvia (ro), resuscita (ro), renaște (ro)
• Russian: оживлять (ru) (oživljatʹ), приводить (ru) (privoditʹ) в (ru) (v) сознание (ru) (soznanije), реанимировать (ru) (reanimirovatʹ)
• Swedish: återuppliva

To regain consciousness

• Finnish: virota, palata/tulla tajuihinsa
• Italian: resuscitare (it)

• Latin: resuscito
• Russian: очнуться (ru) (očnutʹsja), приходить (ru) (prixoditʹ) в (ru) (v) сознание (ru) (soznanije)

Adjective

resuscitate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Restored to life.

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

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