Associations to the word «Resuscitate»

Wiktionary

RESUSCITATE, verb. (transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
RESUSCITATE, verb. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.
RESUSCITATE, adjective. (obsolete) Restored to life.

Dictionary definition

RESUSCITATE, verb. Cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man".
RESUSCITATE, verb. Return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats