re ‧ sus ‧ ci ‧ tate /rɪˈsʌsəteɪt, rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of resuscitare , from suscitare 'to cause to move around' ]
to make someone breathe again or become conscious after they have almost died ⇨ revive :
Doctors managed to resuscitate him.
—resuscitation /rɪˌsʌsəˈteɪʃ ə n, rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃ ə n/ noun [uncountable] :
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)