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Past tense of resuscitate

regular verb

The past tense of resuscitate is resuscitated. The past participle is also resuscitated.

Forms of resuscitate

Base form (V1)resuscitate /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
Past tense (V2)resuscitated
Past participle (V3)resuscitated
Present participleresuscitating
Third person singularresuscitates

Resuscitated in a sentence

  • An old medical record relates that by means of musk the genital power of a man in his eightieth year was resuscitated.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 160
  • At one point I had to be resuscitated and after being resuscitated I found one of the resuscitation discs still on my chest.2022, Jack Woodside, P.O.S.H. Portside Out – Starboard Home My Life Story. From the entry knock on heaven's door

Meaning of resuscitate

  1. verb To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
  2. verb To regain consciousness.
  3. adjective Restored to life.

Full definition of resuscitate

Questions about the past tense of resuscitate

What is the past tense of resuscitate?
The past tense of resuscitate is resuscitated.
What is the past participle of resuscitate?
The past participle of resuscitate is resuscitated.
Is resuscitate a regular or irregular verb?
Resuscitate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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