Meaning of VIVIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'vivu`fI
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- [v] give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
- [v] make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story"
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| | Synonyms: | | animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify |
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| | See Also: | | alter, arouse, brace, change, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. --Bacon.
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