Word Study
vitalize
CIDE DICTIONARY
vitalize, v. t. [Cf. F. vitaliser.].
To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vitalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 endow with life.
2 infuse with vigour.
1 endow with life.
2 infuse with vigour.
Derivative
vitalization n.
THESAURUS
vitalize
activate, animate, arouse, awaken, boost, breathe life into, brighten, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to life, buoy up, call into being, call into existence, cheer, conceive, dynamize, electrify, encourage, endow with life, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fire, fortify, galvanize, give a lift, give birth, give life to, gladden, hearten, inflame, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, kindle, liven, pep up, perk up, pick up, provoke, quicken, refresh, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart, rejuvenate, renew, revive, rouse, snap up, stimulate, strengthen, vivify, warm, zip upROGET THESAURUS
vitalize
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.For further exploring for "vitalize" in Webster Dictionary Online