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re·sus·ci·tate (ri sus′ə tāt′)

transitive verb resuscitated -·tat′ed, resuscitating -·tat′·ing

to revive or revitalize; bring back to life; esp., to revive (someone in a faint, apparently dead, etc.), as by artificial respiration

Etymology: < L resuscitatus, pp. of resuscitare, to revive < re-, again + suscitare, to raise up, revive < sus-, for sub-, sub- + citare, to arouse: see cite

intransitive verb

to revive, esp. to come back to life or consciousness again

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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