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verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
1.
to give life to; animate; quicken.
2.
to enliven; brighten; sharpen.
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vivify
1590s, from O.Fr. vivifier (12c.), from L.L. vivificare "make alive, restore to life," from vivificus "enlivening," from L. vivus "alive" (see vivid) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Vivificate in same sense is recorded from early 15c.
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