resuscitate
verb
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The 16th century was a good one for words ending in the suffix -ate. Not only did our featured word, resuscitate, breathe life into the English language but so did the verbs anticipate ("to give advance thought, discussion, or treatment to"), eradicate ("to do away with completely"), estimate ("to esteem" or "to appraise"), and perpetuate ("to make perpetual"). It was a good century for words about words, too—vocabulary, quip, and hearsay all premiered as well.
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Examples of resuscitate in a Sentence
Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
The Danish captain received life-saving treatment on the pitch, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 16 June 2024
Fortunately, the paramedics were able to resuscitate me, and my journey of recovery began.
—Christiana Musk, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
My new thing is learning to code, but also learning to resuscitate myself, so that all the emergency-room doctors clap and maybe even toss a little something into the tip jar.
—Riane Konc, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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“Resuscitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resuscitate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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