Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vivification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vivification \Viv`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. vivificatio: cf.
vivification.]
1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified;
restoration of life; revival. --Bacon.
2. (Physiol.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which
proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part
of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and
thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability,
contractility, etc. --McKendrick.
3. (Chem.) The act or process of vivificating. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vivification
n : the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
[syn: {invigoration}, {animation}]
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