resuscitate
verb /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/
/rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they resuscitate | /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it resuscitates | /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪts/ /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪts/ |
| past simple resuscitated | /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle resuscitated | /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form resuscitating | /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- resuscitate somebody/something to make somebody start breathing again or become conscious again after they have almost died synonym revive
- He had a heart attack and all attempts to resuscitate him failed.
- (figurative) efforts to resuscitate the economy
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin resuscitat- ‘raised again’, from the verb resuscitare, from re- ‘back’ + suscitare ‘raise’.