resuscitate

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  1. transitive verb To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. See Synonyms at revive.
  2. intransitive verb To regain consciousness.

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  • When an elderly relative with a do-not-resuscitate order was going into surgery, we were told that the D-N-R is ignored during surgery. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Commonly, advance care plans have five key elements - an advance care directive, a do-not-resuscitate order, a living will, a health care power of attorney, and a financial plan.
  • Otherwise, $1.2 billion would have come out, complicating Citadel's attempt to resuscitate its performance following its hedge funds 'worst-ever year. —  Dealbreaker
  • According to the news release from the Whitefish Bay Police Department, investigators believe that 15-year-old Madison "Maddi" Kiefer was dropped off by two adult males this weekend at a home in the 5100 block of N. Diversey Blvd., where North Shore Fire Department responders were unable to resuscitate her. —  JSOnline.com
  • "We hope to resuscitate, but it could flat line at any moment." —  Ledger-Enquirer: Breaking News
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resuscitate:   resuscitating ·  resuscitated
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin resuscitāre, resuscitāt- : re-, re- + suscitāre, to stir up (sus-, sub-, sub- + citāre, to move violently, frequentative of ciēre, to set in motion; see kei-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare (later Italian resuscitare, risuscitare =Spanish resucitar =Portuguese resuscitar =Old French resusciter, ressusciter, French ressusciter), raise up again, revive. from re-, again, + suscitare, raise up, from sus-, sub-, up, under, + citare, summon, rouse: see cite.
  2. from Latin resuscitatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/rəˈsəsɪteɪt/
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