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titivate

[tit-uh-veyt]

verb (used with object)

to make smart or spruce: She titivated her old dress with a new belt.

verb (used without object)

to make oneself smart or spruce.

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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

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verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

titillate.

Origin:
1910–15; by erroneous association

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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

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