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tit⋅i⋅vate

1[tit-uh-veyt] 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)


tit⋅i⋅va⋅tion, noun
tit⋅i⋅va⋅tor, noun
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