resuscitate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

resuscitate
    v 1: cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the
         comatose man" [syn: {resuscitate}, {revive}]
    2: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She
       revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: {come
       to}, {revive}, {resuscitate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Resuscitate \Re*sus"ci*tate\, a. [L. resuscitatus, p. p. of
   resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See
   {Suscitate}.]
   Restored to life. [R.] --Bp. Gardiner.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Resuscitate \Re*sus"ci*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Resuscitated};p. pr. & vb. n. {Resuscitating}.]
   To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore
   from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to
   resuscitate withered plants.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Resuscitate \Re*sus"ci*tate\, v. i.
   To come to life again; to revive.
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         These projects, however often slain, always
         resuscitate.                             --J. S. Mill.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

90 Moby Thesaurus words for "resuscitate":
      abet, aid, animate, assist, avail, awake, awaken, bail out,
      be begotten, be born, be incarnated, bear a hand, befriend,
      benefit, bring back, bring to, call back, come alive,
      come into being, come into existence, come to, come to life,
      comfort, do good, doctor, ease, enliven, exhilarate, favor, fillip,
      galvanize, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, help,
      infuse life into, invigorate, jazz up, lend a hand, lend one aid,
      live again, pick up, pique, proffer aid, protect, provoke, quicken,
      rally, reactivate, reanimate, recall to life, recharge, reclaim,
      recruit, redeem, refresh, regenerate, reheat the ashes, reinspire,
      rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, relight, remedy, render assistance,
      renew, renovate, rescue, restore, resurge, resurrect, retrieve,
      return to life, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, rise again,
      save, see the light, set up, sharpen, stimulate, stir the embers,
      succor, take in tow, warm over, warm up, whet