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Resuscitate

Restored to life.

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Verb group 18

Animate 84% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Animate 84% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Quicken 84% connected

To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Quicken 84% connected

To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reanimate 84% connected

To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reanimate 84% connected

To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Recreate 84% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Recreate 84% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Renovate 84% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Renovate 84% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Revive 84% connected

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Revive 84% connected

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vivify 84% connected

To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vivify 84% connected

To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Boot 76% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resurrect 76% connected

To take from the grave; to disinter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Upraise 76% connected

To raise; to lift up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 3

Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Resuscitation 74% connected

The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resuscitation 74% connected

The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resuscitator 74% connected

One who, or that which, resuscitates.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resuscitator 74% connected

One who, or that which, resuscitates.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Causes 1

Revive 72% connected

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Revive 92% connected

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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