resuscitate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

   to resuscitate a drowned person

2. 2
   adj

   Restored to life.

   [O]nce return'd / Unto her body new reſuſcitate / From ſleep, remembring well how erſt ſhe mourn'd, / Marvels how all ſo ſoon to peace and eaſe is turn'd.

3. 3
   verb

   return to consciousness

4. 4
   verb

   cause to regain consciousness

5. 5
   verb

   To regain consciousness.

Etymology

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”).