resuscitate

Etymology

From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitāre (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitāre (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citāre (“to summon, rouse”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
    to resuscitate a drowned person
    to resuscitate withered plants
    Rishi Sunak, Britain’s prime minister, has a plan for the new year. In a speech in early January, he set out an agenda to resuscitate the country and save the Conservative Party, now in free fall. 2023-01-30, Moya Lothian-McLean, “It’s Not Going Well for Britain’s New Prime Minister”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

adj

  1. (obsolete) Restored to life.

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