vivify

[ viv-uh-fahy ]

/ ˈvɪv əˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), viv·i·fied, viv·i·fy·ing.

to give life to; animate; quicken.

to enliven; brighten; sharpen.

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Origin of vivify

First recorded in 1535–45; late Middle English from Middle French vivifier from Late Latin vīvificāre ). See vivi-, -fy

OTHER WORDS FROM vivify

viv·i·fi·ca·tion, nounviv·i·fi·er, nounun·viv·i·fied, adjective

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How to use vivify in a sentence

It was a vivified clay man who had to do the bidding of him who had given him temporary life.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener
They gave her a feeling of life again, and vivified things which had meant nothing to her.
Sons and Lovers|David Herbert Lawrence
The language is generally nervous and vigorous, occasionally vivified with imaginative energy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
According to Loskiel, they declare, ‘that Indians cannot die eternally; for even Indian corn is vivified, and rises again.’
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844|Various

I feel crushed and overwhelmed, not stimulated and vivified, as is so often described.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge|Arthur Christopher Benson

British Dictionary definitions for vivify

vivify

/ (ˈvɪvɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

to bring to life; animate

to make more vivid or striking

Derived forms of vivify

vivification (ˌvɪvɪfɪ'keɪʃən), nounvivifier, noun

Word Origin for vivify

C16: from Late Latin vīvificāre, from Latin vīvus alive + facere to make

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