vivify
[verb]
Synonyms: quicken, animate, enliven, liven, vivificate

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Related Idioms: give life to, imbue with life, put new life into
Related Words: refresh, renew, restore, excite, galvanize

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vivify verb. ['vɪvɪfʌɪ] LME.
[Old & mod. French vivifier from late Latin vivificare, from Latin vivus alive, from vivere live: see -FY.]
1. verb trans. Give life to, endow with life; animate, enliven, make lively; brighten. LME.
■ S. Paterson Are we not all originally..sprung from the same vivified mass?
■ H. Martineau His ready wit seldom failed..to illustrate and vivify what was said.

2. verb intrans.
a. Impart life or animation. E17.
■ J. Tyndall The one may vivify, while the other kills.
b. Acquire life, become alive. M18.

■ vivifier noun M19.

■ vivifying adjective (a) life-giving, enlivening; (b) (of medicine) restorative: M17.

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