titivate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: tit=i=vate

CIDE DICTIONARY

titivate, v. t. & i. [Formed from an uncertain source, in imitation of words in -ate fr. L.].

 To dress or smarten up; to spruce.
"“Come here, an' let me titivate you.” He sat down beside her, and submitted to be dusted."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

titivate, v.tr. (also tittivate) colloq.
1 adorn, smarten.
2 (often refl.) put the finishing touches to.

Derivative

titivation n.

Etymology

earlier tidivate, perh. f. TIDY after cultivate

THESAURUS

titivate

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, belie, blazon, camouflage, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, disguise, distort, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, falsify, fancy up, fig out, fix up, fudge, furbish, garble, garnish, get up, gild, gloss, gloss over, grace, gussy up, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, ornament, overdress, overstate, paint, pervert, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, slant, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, strain, trick out, trick up, trim, twist, understate, varnish, warp, whitewash

ROGET THESAURUS

titivate

Ornament

VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.