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titivate
tit·i·vate
1
/
ˈtɪt
əˌveɪt
/
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[
tit
-
uh
-veyt
]
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verb,
tit·i·vat·ed,
tit·i·vat·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make smart or spruce:
She titivated her old dress with a new belt.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make oneself smart or spruce.
Also,
tittivate
.
Origin:
1795–1805;
earlier
tidivate
(
tidy
+
(ele)vate
; i.e., tidy up)
Related forms
tit·i·va·tion,
noun
tit·i·va·tor,
noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
tit·i·vate
2
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ˈtɪt
əˌveɪt
/
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[
tit
-
uh
-veyt
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verb (used with object),
tit·i·vat·ed,
tit·i·vat·ing.
titillate
.
Origin:
1910–15;
by erroneous association
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
titivate
or
tittivate
(ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt)
—
vb
1.
to smarten up (oneself or another), as by making up, doing the hair, etc
2.
(
tr
) to smarten up (a thing):
to titivate a restaurant
[C19: earlier
tidivate,
perhaps based on
tidy
and
cultivate
]
tittivate
or
tittivate
—
vb
[C19: earlier
tidivate,
perhaps based on
tidy
and
cultivate
]
titi'vation
or
tittivate
—
n
titti'vation
or
tittivate
—
n
'titivator
or
tittivate
—
n
'tittivator
or
tittivate
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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