resuscitate

UK: /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ US: /rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/ ,(ri sus′i tāt′)

Inflections of 'resuscitate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

resuscitates

v 3rd person singular

resuscitating

v pres p

resuscitated

v past

resuscitated

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•sus•ci•tate /rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -tat•ed, -tat•ing. 

1. Medicine to revive from unconsciousness:
   The paramedics rushed to resuscitate the drowning victim.

re•sus•ci•ta•tion /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]
re•sus•ci•ta•tor, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•sus•ci•tate  (ri sus′i tāt′), v.t., -tat•ed, -tat•ing. 

1. Medicine to revive, esp. from apparent death or from unconsciousness.

• Latin resuscitātus (past participle of resuscitāre to reawaken), equivalent. to re- re- + sus- sus- + cit(āre) to move, arouse (see cite¹) + -ātus ate¹
• 1525–35;

re•sus•ci•ta•ble  (ri sus′i tə bəl), adj.  re•sus′ci•ta′tion, n. 
re•sus′ci•ta′tive, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

resuscitate / rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/ verb

1. (transitive) to restore to consciousness; revive

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin resuscitāre, from re- + suscitāre to raise, from sub- up from below + citāre to rouse, from citus quick

reˌsusciˈtation noun

reˈsuscitative adjective