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resuscitate.

To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
  1. To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

    transitive
    to resuscitate a drowned person
    to resuscitate withered plants
  2. To regain consciousness.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

adj/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
  1. Restored to life.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

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