Vivifying

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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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