vitalize
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make vital.
had vitalized
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past perfectof vitalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By February 1923 wise old Mr. Root had vitalized the idea, secured from the Carnegie Corp. an initial $1,000,000 appropriation to organize the American Law Institute.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kindness and friendliness had vitalized the expression of the face and banished its sullenness.
From The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine
Joy had vitalized her whole being, had made her beautiful as a wild rose.
From The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine
He wished she had said to-day; that short revival of her image had vitalized to sudden heat feelings that had almost been stilled.
From A Changed Man; and other tales by Thomas Hardy
In less than a year he had vitalized his whole being with an interest in one study.
From The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) by Scott Nearing
