Resuscitate - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 resuscitate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hospitalresuscitatere‧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 tableExamples from the Corpusresuscitate• 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” Exercises Exercises

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Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	resuscitate
he, she, it	resuscitates
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	resuscitated
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have resuscitated
he, she, it	has resuscitated
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had resuscitated
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will resuscitate
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have resuscitated
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am resuscitating
he, she, it	is resuscitating
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you, we, they	are resuscitating
Past
I, he, she, it	was resuscitating
you, we, they	were resuscitating
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been resuscitating
he, she, it	has been resuscitating
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been resuscitating
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be resuscitating
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been resuscitating
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