titivate
1or tit·ti·vate
to make smart or spruce: She titivated her old dress with a new belt.
to make oneself smart or spruce.
Origin of titivate
1Other words from titivate
- tit·i·va·tion, noun
- tit·i·va·tor, noun
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Origin of titivate
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How to use titivate in a sentence
They said that when he saw the shearers coming he'd say, "Run and titivate yourself, Mary; here comes the shearers!"
Children of the Bush | Henry LawsonLet me go down and settle whilst you call in your black man and titivate a bit.
The Virginians | William Makepeace ThackerayI'll give them half an hour's study whilst you wash up the tea things and titivate.
Mrs. Warren's Daughter | Sir Harry JohnstonYou titivate yourself, and we'll dine at the Savoy, or anywhere you please.
Tales of the Five Towns | Arnold BennettGravely and calmly he draws brushes and so on from a receptacle under the box-seat, and commences to titivate himself.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) | William Delisle Hay
British Dictionary definitions for titivate
tittivate
/ (ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt) /
to smarten up (oneself or another), as by making up, doing the hair, etc
(tr) to smarten up (a thing): to titivate a restaurant
Origin of titivate
1Derived forms of titivate
- titivation or tittivation, noun
- titivator or tittivator, noun
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