resuscitate

Definition of Resuscitate in English :

1. resuscitate, revive

cause to regain consciousness

Example Sentences:
'The doctors revived the comatose man'

2. come to, resuscitate, revive

return to consciousness

Example Sentences:
'The patient came to quickly'
'She revived after the doctor gave her an injection'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Resuscitate

verb

(transitive)

to restore to consciousness; revive

verb transitiveWord forms: reˈsusciˌtated or reˈsusciˌtating

1.

to revive or revitalize; bring back to life; esp., to revive (someone in a faint, apparently dead, etc.), as by artificial respiration

verb intransitive

2.

to revive, esp. to come back to life or consciousness again

tr.v. re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing, re·sus·ci·tates

1. To restore consciousness or other signs of life to (one who appears dead): resuscitated the man after cardiac arrest.

2. To restore to use, activity, vigor, or notice; reinvigorate: a meeting that resuscitated his career