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tit·i·vate1       [tit-uh-veyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -vat·ed, -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
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tit·i·vate2       [tit-uh-veyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.
titillate.
[Origin: 1910–15; by erroneous assoc.]
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tit·i·vate       (tĭt'ə-vāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing, tit·i·vates
To make decorative additions to; spruce up.


[Alteration of earlier tidivate : perhaps tidy + (ele)vate.]

tit'i·va'tion n.
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titivate

verb
make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up] 

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Titivate

Tit"i*vate\, Tittivate \Tit"ti*vate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Titivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Titivating.] [Formed from an uncertain source, in imitation of words in -ate fr. L.] To dress or smarten up; to spruce. -- Tit`i*va"tion, Tit`ti*va"tion, n. [Both Humorous]

"Come here, an' let me titivate you." He sat down beside her, and submitted to be dusted. --Quiller-Couch.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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