The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Resuscitate \Re*sus"ci*tate\, a. [L. resuscitatus, p. p. of
   resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See
   Suscitate.]
   Restored to life. [R.] --Bp. Gardiner.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Resuscitate \Re*sus"ci*tate\, v. i.
   To come to life again; to revive.
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         These projects, however often slain, always
         resuscitate.                             --J. S. Mill.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

resuscitate
    v 1: cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the
         comatose man" [syn: resuscitate, revive]
    2: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She
       revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: come
       to, revive, resuscitate]