resuscitate
Syllables: re·sus·ci·tate/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
resuscitate verb: to restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
Verb
resuscitate (third-person singular simple present resuscitates, present participle resuscitating, simple past and past participle resuscitated)
- To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
- to resuscitate a drowned person
- to resuscitate withered plants
- To regain consciousness.
- Synonyms:
- come to
Adjective
resuscitate (not comparable)
- Restored to life.
- [O]nce return'd / Unto her body new reſuſcitate / From ſleep, remembring well how erſt ſhe mourn'd, / Marvels how all ſo ſoon to peace and eaſe is turn'd.1642, H[enry] M[ore], “ΑΝΤΙΨΥΧΟΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΑ [Antipsychopannychia], or A Confutation of the Sleep of the Soul after Death”, in ΨΥΧΩΔΙΑ [Psychōdia] Platonica: Or A Platonicall Song of the Soul, […]...
resuscitate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
resuscitate in Tamil
- உயிர்ப்பி, புத்துயிர் கொடு, மீண்டும் நடைமுறைக்குக் கொணர், மறுபடியும் பழக்கத்திற்குக் கொண்டு வா
resuscitate in Urdu
- پنپنا
resuscitate in Malayalam
- ബോധം വരുത്തുക, പുനരുത്ഥാനം ചെയ്യിക്കുക, സുബോധമുണ്ടാകുക
resuscitate in Kannada
- ಬದುಕಿಸು, ಉಸಿರ್ದುಂಬು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಬದುಕಿಸು, ತೆಪ್ಪತ್ತುಗೊಳಿಸು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ತರು
More languagesFewer languages
- resuscitate in Arabic
- أَنْعَشَ ʔanʕaša
- resuscitate in Vietnamese
- hồi sinh, hồi sức
Examples of resuscitate 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:
- In a speech in early January, he set out an agenda to resuscitate the country and save the Conservative Party, now in free fall.2023 January 30, Moya Lothian-McLean, “It’s Not Going Well for Britain’s New Prime Minister”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Synonyms of resuscitate
Forms of resuscitate
| third-person singular present | resuscitates |
|---|---|
| present participle | resuscitating |
| past participle | resuscitated |
| past | resuscitated |
Origin of resuscitate
From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).
Words formed from resuscitate
Questions about resuscitate
- What does resuscitate mean?
- Resuscitate means to restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
- What is resuscitate in Tamil?
- Resuscitate in Tamil is உயிர்ப்பி, புத்துயிர் கொடு, மீண்டும் நடைமுறைக்குக் கொணர். See Resuscitate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use resuscitate 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.
- What part of speech is resuscitate?
- Resuscitate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce resuscitate?
- Resuscitate is pronounced /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/.
- What is the past tense of resuscitate?
- The past tense of resuscitate is resuscitated.
Words near resuscitate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: resuscitate (page history and authors); resuscitate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resuscitate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resuscitate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resuscitate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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