vivify

[viv-uh-fahy]

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

to give life to; animate; quicken.

to enliven; brighten; sharpen.

Origin of vivify

1535–45; alteration (with -fy for -ficate) of late Middle English vivificate < Latin vīvificātus (past participle of vīvificāre). See vivi-, -ficate

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

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Related Words for vivified

invigorate, animate, revive, refresh, quicken

Examples from the Web for vivified

Historical Examples of vivified

Every trait is refined, purified, vivified, raised to another plane of character.
Holbein
Beatrice Fortescue
He vivified, by potentialities at least, the whole question of youth and passion.
The Real Thing and Other Tales
Henry James
There is no durable system that is not, at least in some of its parts, vivified by intuition.
Creative Evolution
Henri Bergson
He looked at her pretty face and it vivified his mental resources.
Sister Carrie
Theodore Dreiser
He wanted to see again that woman who had so vivified his memory of Joan.
The Branding Iron
Katharine Newlin Burt

British Dictionary definitions for vivified

vivify

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

to bring to life; animate

to make more vivid or striking

Derived Formsvivification (ˌvɪvɪfɪ'keɪʃən), nounvivifier, noun

Word Origin for vivify

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

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Word Origin and History for vivified

vivify

1590s, from Old French vivifier (12c.), from Late Latin vivificare "make alive, restore to life," from vivificus "enlivening," from Latin vivus "alive" (see vivid) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Vivificate in same sense is recorded from early 15c.