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Definition of resuscitate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

resuscitate

verb
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they resuscitate
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/
he / she / it resuscitates
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪts/
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪts/
past simple resuscitated
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/
past participle resuscitated
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/
-ing form resuscitating
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪŋ/
 
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪŋ/
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  1. resuscitate somebody/something to make somebody start breathing again or become conscious again after they have almost died synonym revive
    • He had a heart attack and all attempts to resuscitate him failed.
    • (figurative) efforts to resuscitate the economy
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin resuscitat- ‘raised again’, from the verb resuscitare, from re- ‘back’ + suscitare ‘raise’.
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