vitalize
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make vital.
vitalizing
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present participleof vitalize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“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 ● Nov. 14, 2023
Witness the vitalizing imaginative energy director Lin-Manuel Miranda brings to “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” an artist-finding-his-footing musical by Jonathan Larson that onstage can come across as rather twee.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
Japan's State Minister in charge of vitalizing local economies Kozo Yamamoto speaks in Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2016.
From Reuters ● Oct. 14, 2021
None of these institutions could have functioned without the vitalizing power of public opinion.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2016
The robot awaited only the vitalizing flash of high-voltage electricity, and Powell paused with his hand on the switch.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
