Vivified

3 definitions found

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

  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.
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           Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vivify
       v 1: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
            "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment
            repaired my health" [syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate},
             {revive}, {renovate}, {repair}, {quicken}, {revivify}]
       2: make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify
          an otherwise dull story"
       [also: {vivified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vivified
       See {vivify}