resuscitate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

resuscitate

SYLLABICATION:	re·sus·ci·tate
PRONUNCIATION:	r-ss-tt
VERB:	Inflected forms: re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing, re·sus·ci·tates
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. See synonyms at revive.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To regain consciousness.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin resuscitre, resuscitt- : re-, re- + suscitre, to stir up ( sus-, sub-, sub- + citre, to move violently, frequentative of cire, to set in motion; see kei-² in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:	re·susci·ta·ble (-t-bl) —ADJECTIVE re·susci·tation —NOUN re·susci·tative —ADJECTIVE


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