Titivate \Tit"i*vate\, Tittivate \Tit"ti*vate\
(t[i^]t"[i^]*v[=a]t), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Titivated
(t[i^]t"[i^]*v[=a]t`[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Titivating
(t[i^]t"[i^]*v[=a]t`[i^]ng).] [Formed from an uncertain
source, in imitation of words in -ate fr. L.]
To dress or smarten up; to spruce. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
titivate
v : make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for
Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up, spruce,
tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up]
WordNet (r) 2.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "titivate":
adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, belie, blazon, camouflage,
color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, disguise, distort, dizen,
doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich,
falsify, fancy up, fig out, fix up, fudge, furbish, garble,
garnish, get up, gild, gloss, gloss over, grace, gussy up, mask,
miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate,
ornament, overdress, overstate, paint, pervert, prank, prank up,
preen, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up,
rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, slant,
slick up, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, strain, trick out,
trick up, trim, twist, understate, varnish, warp, whitewash
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, tittivate
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