vitalize

[ vahyt-l-ahyz ]

/ ˈvaɪt lˌaɪz /

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

to give life to; make vital.

to give vitality or vigor to; animate.

Nearby words

Also especially British, vi·tal·ise.

Origin of vitalize

First recorded in 1670–80; vital + -ize

Related forms

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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Examples from the Web for vitalise

Conscience and the consciousness of individual relation to God penetrate and vitalise the whole.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander Maclaren
And here at last has come the invention which science most needed to complete and vitalise Marconi's work.
Boys' Second Book of Inventions|Ray Stannard Baker
These men help specially to vitalise the reputations of the narrower geniuses: such as Crashaw.
Literary Taste: How to Form It|Arnold Bennett
They are the arteries that vitalise the mechanism and allow it to work.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 6)|Louis Creswicke

Blank-verse drama is a specially limited convention, which only great genius can vitalise.
The Evolution of States|J. M. Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for vitalise

vitalize

vitalise

/ (ˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz) /

verb

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

Derived Formsvitalization or vitalisation, nounvitalizer or vitaliser, noun

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Word Origin and History for vitalise

vitalize

1670s, "to give life to," from vital + -ize. Figurative sense by 1805. Related: Vitalized; vitalizing.