From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishresuscitatere‧sus‧ci‧tate /rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ verb [transitive] MHCONSCIOUSto make someone breathe again or become conscious after they have almost died → revive Doctors managed to resuscitate him. —resuscitation /rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)→ See Verb table
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resuscitate• She had been resuscitated and her condition improved.• Officers tried to resuscitate him but he did not regain consciousness.• They had almost stopped resuscitating him on the grounds that the doctor hadn't remembered his diagnosis.• Again the dwarfs resuscitated Snow White.• Meanwhile, Farini had been hired to resuscitate the failing fortunes of the Royal Westminster Aquarium.• The doctor examined her, found a faint pulse, and immediately swung into action to resuscitate the patient.• We can only resuscitate, we can't resurrect.Origin resuscitate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of resuscitare, from suscitare “to cause to move around” 