vivify

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: viv=i=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

vivify, v. t. [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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vivify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied) enliven, animate, make lively or living.

Derivative

vivification n.

Etymology

F vivifier f. LL vivificare f. L vivus living f. vivere live

THESAURUS

vivify

animate, brace, brace up, breathe life into, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to life, brisk, brisken, buck up, call into being, call into existence, cheer, chirk up, conceive, endow with life, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, give birth, give life to, inspirit, invigorate, perk up, pick up, quicken, reanimate, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinvigorate, renew, revive, revivify, set up, stimulate, vitalize

ROGET THESAURUS

vivify

Strength

VB be strong, be stronger, overmatch, render strong, give strength, strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird, screw up, wind up, set up, gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins, recruit, set on one's legs, vivify, refresh, refect, reinforce, reenforce.

Life

VB be alive, live, breathe, respire, subsist, walk the earth, strut and fret one's hour upon the stage, be spared, see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life, quicken, revive, come to life, give birth to, bring to life, put into life, vitalize, vivify, vivificate, reanimate, keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door, support life, hive nine lives like a cat.