verb

resuscitate

rih-SUH-sih-tayt

verb

To bring someone back to consciousness or revive them from apparent death.

"Paramedics managed to resuscitate the patient at the scene."

To bring something failing back to a healthy or working state.

"New investment helped resuscitate the struggling business."

How to Use Resuscitate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo revive someone or something from the brink of death or failure.

Common mistake

Not the same as "resurrect" — resuscitate is usually about medically reviving someone who is dying, not bringing back someone already dead.

Easily confused with

resurrect →

Common pairings

resuscitate a patient attempt to resuscitate

resuscitated past tense, resuscitates singular

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Paramedics managed to _____ the patient at the scene.

From Latin resuscitare, "to rouse again," from re- + sub- + citare ("to summon").

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