different between resuscitative vs resuscitate

English

Adjective

resuscitative (comparative more resuscitative, superlative most resuscitative)

1. Such as to revive or resuscitate a person or thing.
   • 1994, Laurence Goldstein, The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History (page 95)

     The film is a parable of magical entertainment's resuscitative power in a time of depression.

English

Etymology

From Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitare (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citare (“to summon, rouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?s??te?t/

Verb

resuscitate (third-person singular simple present resuscitates, present participle resuscitating, simple past and past participle resuscitated)

1. (transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

   to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants

2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

Synonyms

• (to regain consciousness): come to

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

resuscitate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Restored to life.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Gardiner to this entry?)

Further reading

• resuscitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resuscitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• resuscitate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

resuscitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of resuscitare
2. second-person plural imperative of resuscitare
3. feminine plural of resuscitato

Latin

Verb

resuscit?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of resuscit?