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.

Words nearby vitalize

vital statistics, vitalian, vitalism, vitality, vitality test, vitalize, vitallium, vitalometer, vitals, vitamer, vitamin

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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Examples from the Web for vitalize

It is a plain question of your ability to choose, arrange and vitalize things.
Atlantic Classics|Various
You, in your own city, with your own teachers, can vitalize your elementary schools.
The New Education|Scott Nearing
It is seeking to vitalize our good impulses and render them effective by acting on them whenever opportunity offers.
The Mind and Its Education|George Herbert Betts
It is our duty to vitalize our forms, to throw into them a holier, deeper meaning.
Sermons Preached at Brighton|Frederick W. Robertson

The dramatic instinct has somehow to vitalize a dead weight of failure.
Studies of Contemporary Poets|Mary C. Sturgeon

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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vitalize

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

Words related to vitalize

Words nearby vitalize

Origin of vitalize

OTHER WORDS FROM vitalize

Examples from the Web for vitalize

British Dictionary definitions for vitalize

vitalise

verb

Derived forms of vitalize