resuscitativeadj.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Resuscitatif, resuscitatiue, reuiuing, raising vp from death to life.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxx. 195 Then on all sides, and every where he put a little ointment on it, which he called resuscitative [Fr. resuscitatif].

1662 F. H. tr. J. Poleman Novum Lumen Medicum 67 The sweet Anima of the Copper by this corrosive and its power, as by a resuscitative and quickning means, doth shine forth.

1794 Ann. Rep. (Royal Humane Soc.) 20 The prevention of the fatal termination of such accidents can only be effectuated by the erection of such receptacles, furnished with drags, and all the apparatus necessary for employing the resuscitative process.

1816 J. Jebb Let. in Life & Lett. 553 Our Lord's three resuscitative miracles.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxi. 227 I am not satisfied, I say, with the term reproduction for the process by which the dormant thought or affection is aroused... Perhaps the Resuscitative Faculty would have been better.

1891 J. Aitchison Signa Christi vi. 237 The self-renewing or resuscitative power of Christianity.

1963 P. Safar et al. (title) in Dis. of Chest 43 34 Resuscitative principles for sudden cardiopulmonary collapse.

1990 Outdoor Life Apr. 52/3 Extensive resuscitative efforts are advisable in all instances of near-drowning.

2004 Nature Conservancy Summer 53/4 Chile's national symbol, the huemul deer, is in dire need of a resuscitative boost.