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resuscitate
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resuscitate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb resuscitate has 2 senses
- resuscitate(v = verb.body) revive - cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" is one way to bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to
- resuscitate(v = verb.body) come to, revive - return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" is one way to change state, turn
Derived forms noun resuscitation1, noun resuscitator1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
resuscitate, v.tr. & intr.
1 revive from unconsciousness or apparent death.
2 return or restore to vogue, vigour, or vividness.
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, whetROGET 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.
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