vitalize

[vahyt-l-ahyz]

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

to give life to; make vital.
to give vitality or vigor to; animate.

Also especially British, vi·tal·ise.

Origin of vitalize

First recorded in 1670–80; vital + -ize

Related formsvi·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

Historical Examples of vitalise

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
Nor is it to depreciate culture, but to bring it into due perspective, and to vitalise it.
Nature Mysticism
J. Edward Mercer
Blank-verse drama is a specially limited convention, which only great genius can vitalise.
The Evolution of States
J. M. Robertson
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
Conscience and the consciousness of individual relation to God penetrate and vitalise the whole.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III
Alexander Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for vitalise

vitalize

vitalise

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.