Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- So as not to be resuscitated.
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- adverb So as not to be
resuscitated ; in anirresuscitable manner.
Etymologies
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irresuscitable + -ly
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Examples
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Herein, say they, consists the whole difference between an inspired Prophet and a double-barrelled Game-preserver: the inner man of the one has been fostered into generous development; that of the other, crushed-down perhaps by vigour of animal digestion, and the like, has exuded and evaporated, or at best sleeps now irresuscitably stagnant at the bottom of his stomach.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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