titivating

 [tit-uh-veyt]  

tit·i·vate

1   [tit-uh-veyt] 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.

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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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tit·i·vate

2   [tit-uh-veyt]
verb (used with object), tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing.
titillate.
Origin:
1910–15; by erroneous association
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