adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
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CMU ARPABET:R IH0 S AH1 S IH0 T EY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IY0 S AH1 S IH0 T EY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Restored to life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to resuscitate a drowned person
to resuscitate withered plants
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To regain consciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come to
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
return to consciousness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The patient came to quickly
She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come to, revive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
5
verb
Meaning 5
cause to regain consciousness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The doctors revived the comatose man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: revive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around
From Latin resuscitātus, past participle of resuscitō (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitō (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citō (“to summon, rouse”).
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Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.