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titivate

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tit⋅i⋅vate

1  [tit-uh-veyt] verb, -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.
Use titivate in a Sentence
–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

tit⋅i⋅vate

2  [tit-uh-veyt]
–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')   
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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