resuscitatere‧sus‧ci‧tate /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ verb [transitive] 
Doctors managed to resuscitate him.—resuscitation /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)
WORD ORIGINresuscitate
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin past participle of resuscitare, from suscitare ‘to cause to move around’VERB TABLE
resuscitate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | resuscitate |
| he, she, it | resuscitates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | resuscitated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have resuscitated |
| he, she, it | has resuscitated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had resuscitated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will resuscitate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have resuscitated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am resuscitating |
| he, she, it | is resuscitating | |
| you, we, they | are resuscitating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was resuscitating |
| you, we, they | were resuscitating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been resuscitating |
| he, she, it | has been resuscitating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been resuscitating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be resuscitating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been resuscitating |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Again the dwarfs resuscitated Snow White.
- Meanwhile, Farini had been hired to resuscitate the failing fortunes of the Royal Westminster Aquarium.
- Officers tried to resuscitate him but he did not regain consciousness.
- She had been resuscitated and her condition improved.
- The doctor examined her, found a faint pulse, and immediately swung into action to resuscitate the patient.
- They had almost stopped resuscitating him on the grounds that the doctor hadn't remembered his diagnosis.
- We can only resuscitate, we can't resurrect.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
to make someone breathe again or become conscious after they have almost died: mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)· Officers tried to resuscitate him but he did not regain consciousness.· Why didn't you at least try to resuscitate her, give her the kiss of life?
Doctors managed to resuscitate him.—resuscitation /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)