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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