Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Resuscitate /rĭs-ŭs'-ĭt-ātˌ/ · Re·sus·ci·tate · IPA /ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/ a. v. t. v. i. 01 a. Restored to life. 1. Restored to life.[R.] 02 v. t. To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered… imp. & p. p. Resuscitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Resuscitating 1. To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants. 03 v. i. To come to life again; to revive. 1. To come to life again; to revive. “These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate.” — J. S. Mill.