Vivify \Viv"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vivified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Vivifying.] [F. vivifier, L. vivificare. See Vivid,
-fy; cf. Vivificate.]
To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to
animate.
[1913 Webster]
Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vivify
v 1: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
"This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment
repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate,
revive, renovate, repair, quicken, revivify]
2: make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify
an otherwise dull story"
[also: vivified]
WordNet (r) 2.0
vivified
See vivify
WordNet (r) 2.0
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