resuscitate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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

restore consciousness

• Basque: berpiztu
• Finnish: elvyttää (fi)
• French: ressusciter (fr)
• Georgian: გაცოცხლება (gacocxleba)
• German: wiederbeleben (de)
• Hungarian: újjáéleszt (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: resuscitare (it)
• Latin: resuscito
• Maore Comorian: uɓaâthi
• Romanian: reanima (ro), reînvia (ro), resuscita (ro), renaște (ro)
• Russian: оживлять (ru) (oživljatʹ), приводи́ть в созна́ние (privodítʹ v soznánije), реанимировать (ru) (reanimirovatʹ)
• Swedish: återuppliva

regain consciousness

• Finnish: virota (fi), palata tajuihinsa, tulla tajuihinsa
• Georgian: გამოფხიზლება (gamopxizleba)
• Italian: resuscitare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: resuscito
• Russian: очну́ться (ru) (očnútʹsja), приходи́ть в созна́ние (prixodítʹ v 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “resuscitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “resuscitate”, in 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

(deprecated template usage) resuscitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of resuscitō