Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Resuscitate \Re*sus"ci*tate\, v. i.
   To come to life again; to revive.

         These projects, however often slain, always
         resuscitate.                             --J. S. Mill.

Source : WordNet®

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