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resuscitation|rɪsʌsɪˈteɪʃən|
[ad. late L. resuscitātiōn-em, n. of action f. resuscitāre to resuscitate. So F. ressuscitation, Sp. resucitacion, It. re-, risu(s)citazione.]
1. Restoration to life. Also fig.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 223 b, Resurrecyon or resuscitacyon of body, and lyfe eternall. 1545Joye Exp. Dan. A vij b, Here we haue a cleare testimonie of the resuscitation of the dead to come. 1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 511 In this spiritual resuscitation from the death of the soule. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. vi. xviii. 277 The Resuscitation of all his Saints into that Eternal Happiness which they had fallen from. a1806Horsley Serm. xx. (1816) II. 167 The word ‘quickened’ is often applied to signify, not the resuscitation of life extinguished, but the preservation and continuance of life subsisting. 1847Lytton Lucretia (1853) 347 It was as a resuscitation from the grave. 1858Sears Athan. ii. xii. 249 The resuscitation of a dead body. 1864Burton Scot Abr. ii. 224 The author has been..most easily tracked by the biographical detective. The soldier has less chance of resuscitation.
b. spec. Restoration of life or consciousness in one almost or apparently drowned or dead.
1788New London Mag. 190 Every additional instance of resuscitation is a further confirmation of the real importance of the Humane Society. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 260/2 Resuscitation has occasionally taken place in the human body after fifteen minutes' immersion. 1869R. T. Claridge Cold Water Cure 25 On the application of the wet sheet and tepid bath, the resuscitation of the man was as by miracle. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 292 Efforts at resuscitation should be kept up for at least two hours.
attrib.1895Westm. Gaz. 4 Nov. 7/2 To go through..resuscitation drill, in addition to rescue work in the water.
c. Restoration to health. rare—1.
17..Pope Let. (J.), Your very obliging manner of enquiring after me, at your resuscitation, should have been sooner answered; I sincerely rejoice at your recovery.
2. Revival, renewal, restoration (of something).
1663Cowley Verses & Ess. (1669) 21 A retardment..To the Resuscitation of the Day, Or Resurrection of the Spring. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. p. xi, Fermentation is a certain Manifestation of Life, fitting it for a Resuscitation. 1759Johnson Rasselas xxx, The extinction and resuscitation of arts. 1847Ld. Lindsay Christian Art I. 119 A resuscitation of the symbolism of early Christianity, so long neglected. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. iii. v. (1866) 445 By the resuscitation of secret documents, over which the dust of three centuries has gathered. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. iii. §4. 218 Isaiah represents the resuscitation of their national life.
†b. spec. (See quots. 1727–53.) Obs.
1650J. F[rench] tr. Paracelsus' Nature of Things vi. 57 margin, The Resuscitation of Metalls is twofold. Ibid. 58 The resuscitation, and restoring of Wood is hard. 1727–38Chambers Cycl., Revivification, or Resuscitation, in chemistry, the art of restoring a mixed body to its first state. 1753― Suppl., Resuscitation of plants,..the art of reproducing a plant from its ashes. |