resuscitate

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #28523

Meanings

1

verb
To bring an unconscious or apparently dead person back to life

Paramedics managed to resuscitate the drowning swimmer.
2

verb
To bring something back into use or activity again

The new manager hoped to resuscitate the failing business.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to bring an unconscious or... revive

Word family

Forms resuscitatedresuscitatesresuscitating

Derived forms autoresuscitateoverresuscitateresuscitatorunderresuscitateunresuscitated

Related forms nonresuscitablenonresuscitationnonresuscitativeresuscitableresuscitationresuscitativeunresuscitableunresuscitatedunresuscitatingunresuscitative

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”).

*keyh₂- Proto-Indo-European resuscitātus Latin

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# resuscitate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 28523

## Meanings
1. To bring an unconscious or apparently dead person back to life
2. To bring something back into use or activity again

## Examples
- Paramedics managed to resuscitate the drowning swimmer.
- The new manager hoped to resuscitate the failing business.

## Derived Forms
- autoresuscitate
- overresuscitate
- resuscitator
- underresuscitate
- unresuscitated

## Related Forms
- nonresuscitable
- nonresuscitation
- nonresuscitative
- resuscitable
- resuscitation
- resuscitative
- unresuscitable
- unresuscitated
- unresuscitating
- unresuscitative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keyh₂-
- Root: resuscitātus

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Resuscitate is 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”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *keyh₂- (Proto-Indo-European) and resuscitātus (Latin). Current senses include to bring an unconscious or apparently dead person back to life and to bring something back into use or activity again. The wider family includes derived forms such as autoresuscitate, overresuscitate, resuscitator, underresuscitate, and unresuscitated and related words such as nonresuscitable, nonresuscitation, nonresuscitative, resuscitable, and resuscitation.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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