Standard Lemma guide

resuscitate

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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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

Narrower terms: boot, reboot, bring up, resurrect, raise, upraise

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَنْعَشَ (ʔanʕaša) — restore consciousness
  • Basque: berpiztu — restore consciousness
  • Bulgarian: съживявам (sǎživjavam) — restore consciousness
  • Chinese Cantonese: 救活 (gau3 wut6) — restore consciousness
  • Chinese Cantonese: 令......恢復清醒 /令......恢复清醒 (ling6... fui1 fuk6 cing1 sing2) — restore consciousness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 救活 (jiùhuó) — restore consciousness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使......復活 /使......复活 (shǐ... fùhuó) — restore consciousness
  • Maore Comorian: uɓaâthi — restore consciousness
  • Czech: resuscitovat — restore consciousness
  • Czech: oživit — restore consciousness
  • Czech: vzkřísit — restore consciousness
  • Czech: přivést k vědomí — restore consciousness
  • Danish: genoplive — restore consciousness
  • Dutch: reanimeren — restore consciousness
  • Finnish: elvyttää — restore consciousness
  • French: ressusciter — restore consciousness
  • Georgian: გაცოცხლება (gacocxleba) — restore consciousness
  • German: wiederbeleben — restore consciousness
  • German: reanimieren — restore consciousness
  • Hebrew: ביצע החייאה (bitséa hakhyaá) — restore consciousness
  • Hungarian: újraéleszt — restore consciousness
  • Hungarian: újjáéleszt — restore consciousness
  • Italian: resuscitare — restore consciousness
  • Japanese: 蘇生させる (sosei saseru) — restore consciousness
  • Latin: resuscito — restore consciousness
  • Romanian: reanima — restore consciousness
  • Romanian: reînvia — restore consciousness
  • Romanian: resuscita — restore consciousness
  • Romanian: renaște — restore consciousness
  • Russian: оживлять (oživljatʹ) — restore consciousness
  • Russian: приводи́ть в созна́ние (privodítʹ v soznánije) — restore consciousness
  • Russian: реанимировать (reanimirovatʹ) — restore consciousness
  • Spanish: resucitar — restore consciousness
  • Swedish: återuppliva — restore consciousness
  • Vietnamese: hồi sinh — restore consciousness
  • Vietnamese: hồi sức — restore consciousness
  • Bulgarian: идвам в съзнание (idvam v sǎznanie) — regain consciousness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恢復知覺 /恢复知觉 (huīfù zhījué) — regain consciousness
  • Finnish: virota — regain consciousness
  • Finnish: palata tajuihinsa — regain consciousness
  • Finnish: tulla tajuihinsa — regain consciousness
  • Georgian: გამოფხიზლება (gamopxizleba) — regain consciousness
  • German: Bewusstsein wiedererlangen — regain consciousness
  • German: wieder zu sich kommen — regain consciousness
  • Hungarian: újraéled — regain consciousness
  • Hungarian: újjáéled — regain consciousness
  • Italian: resuscitare — regain consciousness
  • Japanese: 蘇生する (sosei suru) — regain consciousness
  • Latin: resuscito — regain consciousness
  • Russian: очну́ться (očnútʹsja) — regain consciousness
  • Russian: приходи́ть в созна́ние (prixodítʹ v soznánije) — regain consciousness
  • Spanish: resucitar — regain consciousness
  • Swedish: kvickna till — regain consciousness
  • Swedish: komma till liv — regain consciousness