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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Resuscitat, -sussitat, v. P.p. -itat. [e.m.E. resuscitat (1532), f. L. resuscitāt-, p.p. stem of resuscitāre Resuscit v.] tr. a. To restore (a person) to life. b. To revive or renew (a thing). —a. 1579 Edinb. Test. VI 373b.
My body to be honorablie bureit in my ile … in takin that I houp the same to be resuscitat agane & vnite with the saule 1609 Garden Garden 9.
The dead … by thy lines, resussitat … eternall shall indure —b. 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 128b.
I admoneis thé to resussitat and valkin the grace of God quhilk is in thé
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