RESUSCITATE


Meaning of RESUSCITATE in English

/ rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt; NAmE / verb

[ vn ] to make sb start breathing again or become conscious again after they have almost died

SYN revive :

He had a heart attack and all attempts to resuscitate him failed.

( figurative )

efforts to resuscitate the economy

►  re·sus·ci·ta·tion / rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃn; NAmE / noun [ U ]:

frantic attempts at resuscitation

—see also mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: from Latin resuscitat- raised again, from the verb resuscitare , from re- back + suscitare raise.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.