vivify

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/ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/

Definition of vivify

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To bring to life; to enliven.

“She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.”
“Persephone, the life force which vivifies all in the spring time, producing the manifold harvests of earth, descends with Plouton to the under world in autumn.”
“[T]he sculptor lifted it [a round block of stone], turned it hither and thither in his hands, brushed off the clinging soil, and finally placed it on the slender neck of the newly discovered statue. The effect was magical. It immediately lighted up and vivified the whole figure, endowing it with personality, soul, and intelligence.”

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verb

(transitive)To bring to life; to enliven.

“She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.”
“Persephone, the life force which vivifies all in the spring time, producing the manifold harvests of earth, descends with Plouton to the under world in autumn.”
“[T]he sculptor lifted it [a round block of stone], turned it hither and thither in his hands, brushed off the clinging soil, and finally placed it on the slender neck of the newly discovered statue. The effect was magical. It immediately lighted up and vivified the whole figure, endowing it with personality, soul, and intelligence.”
(transitive)To impart vitality to.

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Borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō.

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