Vitalize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vitalize \Vi"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitalized}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Vitalizing}.] [Cf. F. vitaliser.]
     To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make
     alive; as, vitalized blood.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vitalize
       v 1: give life to; "The eggs are vitalized" [syn: {vitalise}]
       2: make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa
          vitalized the old man" [syn: {vitalise}] [ant: {devitalize}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 up