vivify

Verb
Synonyms: animaterecreatereanimatereviverenovaterepairquickenrevivify

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. give new life or energy to“A hot soup will revive me”“This will renovate my spirits”“This treatment repaired my health”Synonyms: animaterecreatereanimatereviverenovaterepairquickenrevivify
  2. make more striking or animated“his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Vivify \Viv"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vivified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vivifying.] [F. vivifier, L. vivificare. See Vivid, -fy; cf. Vivificate.] To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. [1913 Webster]

Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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