resuscitation

[Lat. resuscitatio.] The act of resuscitating, or of reviving or stirring up anew; the state of being resuscitated; revival; restoration to life or vitality, especially of persons apparently dead, as in cases of drowning or suspended animation; a bringing forward again before public notice. "A clear testimony of the resuscitation of the dead."Joye: Expos. of Daniel , p. 8. rě sus-çi-tā-tive, a . [O. Fr. res usc it at if . ] Tending to resuscitate or revive; resuscitating, reviving, revivifying, reproducing.