Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vivify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vivify \Viv"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vivified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Vivifying}.] [F. vivifier, L. vivificare. See {Vivid},
{-fy}; cf. {Vivificate}.]
To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to
animate.
Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vivify
v : give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"
[syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive}, {quicken},
{revivify}]
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