resuscitate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=sus=ci=tate

CIDE DICTIONARY

resuscitate, a. [L. resuscitatus, p. p. of resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate.].

 Restored to life.  Bp. Gardiner.  [1913 Webster]

resuscitate, v. t. 

 To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.  [1913 Webster]

resuscitate, v. i. 

 To come to life again; to revive.  [1913 Webster]
"These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resuscitate, v.tr. & intr.
1 revive from unconsciousness or apparent death.
2 return or restore to vogue, vigour, or vividness.

Derivative

resuscitation n. resuscitative adj. resuscitator n.

Etymology

L resuscitare (as RE-, suscitare raise)

THESAURUS

resuscitate

abet, aid, animate, assist, avail, awake, awaken, bail out, be begotten, be born, be incarnated, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, bring back, bring to, call back, come alive, come into being, come into existence, come to, come to life, comfort, do good, doctor, ease, enliven, exhilarate, favor, fillip, galvanize, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, help, infuse life into, invigorate, jazz up, lend a hand, lend one aid, live again, pick up, pique, proffer aid, protect, provoke, quicken, rally, reactivate, reanimate, recall to life, recharge, reclaim, recruit, redeem, refresh, regenerate, reheat the ashes, reinspire, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, relight, remedy, render assistance, renew, renovate, rescue, restore, resurge, resurrect, retrieve, return to life, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, rise again, save, see the light, set up, sharpen, stimulate, stir the embers, succor, take in tow, warm over, warm up, whet

ROGET THESAURUS

resuscitate

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Reproduction

VB reproduce, restore, revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate, remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible, multiply, repeat, resurge, crop up, spring up like mushrooms.