suscitate

English

Etymology

From Latin suscitatus, past participle of suscitare (“to lift up, to rouse”), from sub- + citare (“to rouse, excite”). Compare excite, incite, and resuscitate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/

Verb

suscitate (third-person singular simple present suscitates, present participle suscitating, simple past and past participle suscitated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.

   Synonyms: exsuscitate; see also Thesaurus:thrill

Derived terms

• suscitability

References

• “suscitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• scituates

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

suscitate

1. inflection of suscitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

suscitate f pl

1. feminine plural of suscitato

Anagrams

• statuisce

Latin

Verb

suscitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of suscitō

Participle

suscitāte

1. vocative masculine singular of suscitātus

Spanish

Verb

suscitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of suscitar combined with te