resuscitate Copy link • resuscitate: rĕsuscĭto, 1: Ov.: Ter.: v. revive. Phr.: to r. any one, aliquem a mortuis, ab inferis excitare, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20: mortuum reducem ab Orco facere, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 12.