| resuscitate | (v) cause to regain consciousness, Syn. revive, Example: The doctors revived the comatose man |
| resuscitation | (n) the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness, Example: although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration |
| resuscitator | (n) a breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration |
| Resuscitate | a. [ L. resuscitatus, p. p. of resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate. ] Restored to life. [ R. ] Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Resuscitate | v. t. |
| Resuscitate | v. i. To come to life again; to revive. [ 1913 Webster ] These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Resuscitation | n. [ L. resuscitatio. ] The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated. [ 1913 Webster ] The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Resuscitative | a. Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Resuscitator | n. [ L. ] |