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    resuscitate
    re‧sus‧ci‧tate /rɪˈsʌsəteɪt, rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: past participle of resuscitare, from suscitare 'to cause to move around'
    to make someone breathe again or become conscious after they have almost died ⇨ revive:
        Doctors managed to resuscitate him.
    —resuscitation /rɪˌsʌsəˈteɪʃən, rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
        mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (=when you breathe air into someone’s mouth to make them breathe)