verb
Other Word Forms
- hypervitalization noun
- hypervitalize verb (used with object)
- nonvitalized adjective
- subvitalization noun
- subvitalized adjective
- undervitalized adjective
- unvitalized adjective
- unvitalizing adjective
- vitalization noun
- vitalizer noun
Etymology
Origin of vitalize
Example Sentences
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When Goodman tackles a new project, her first priority is to “depave the landscape” so water and air can nourish plant roots and vitalize soil microbes.
From Seattle Times
“Part of what makes positive secrets vitalizing and energizing, rather than fatiguing and burdensome, is that we feel in control of them,” Slepian said.
From Salon
The value of redeveloping Union Station is not in creating a “modern, vitalized facility” from scratch, as the renderings suggest.
From Washington Post
“We also hope and intend to find a way to bring this vibrant and vitalizing musical back to the Broadway stage,” they said, “once the current crisis is past.”
From New York Times
Smith added, “She takes class apart, she has a clear eye across the traditions that skewer us or vitalize us.”
From New York Times
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