vitalize

[ vahyt-l-ahyz ]

/ ˈvaɪt lˌaɪz /

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verb (used with object), vi·tal·ized, vi·tal·iz·ing.

to give life to; make vital.

to give vitality or vigor to; animate.

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Also especially British, vi·tal·ise .

Origin of vitalize

First recorded in 1670–80; vital + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM vitalize

vi·tal·i·za·tion, nounvi·tal·iz·er, nounhy·per·vi·tal·i·za·tion, nounhy·per·vi·tal·ize, verb (used with object), hy·per·vi·tal·ized, hy·per·vi·tal·iz·ing.

non·vi·tal·ized, adjectivesub·vi·tal·i·za·tion, nounsub·vi·tal·ized, adjectiveun·der·vi·tal·ized, adjectiveun·vi·tal·ized, adjectiveun·vi·tal·iz·ing, adjective

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How to use vitalize in a sentence

In considering the events which might possibly vitalise the future, her mind dwelt on strictly legitimate happenings.
Lady Cassandra|Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
Oh, that imagination had the authority of history to vitalise the old man and his times!
The Little Manx Nation - 1891|Hall Caine
These men help specially to vitalise the reputations of the narrower geniuses: such as Crashaw.
Literary Taste: How to Form It|Arnold Bennett
But when we ask ourselves what it has done to vitalise the nation, we may well hesitate for an answer.
What Is and What Might Be|Edmond Holmes

So life here too far retired, too deeply sunk to struggle back and vitalise again that hue, those lips, that masklike effigy.
If Winter Comes|A.S.M. Hutchinson

British Dictionary definitions for vitalize

vitalize

vitalise

/ (ˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make vital, living, or alive; endow with life or vigour

Derived forms of vitalize

vitalization or vitalisation, nounvitalizer or vitaliser, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for vitalize

vitalise

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