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 • Jan. 13, 2024
Smith added, “She takes class apart, she has a clear eye across the traditions that skewer us or vitalize us.”
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021
These two elements of the American Revolution, the sovereignty of law and the dream of liberty, vitalize each other.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2020
Indeed, the great structure�built with Russian aid and designed to harness the Nile and vitalize the stagnant Egyptian economy�has irrevocably changed the environment of the Nile River Valley and the lives of its inhabitants.
From Time Magazine Archive
So let this beautiful sincerity, or heartiness, vitalize your handshake, flame in your look and thrill in your word of greeting to the fellow traveler over life's way.
From Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane by Reese, H. B.
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