Word of the DaySaturday, May 20, 2000
vivify
\VIV-uh-fy\ , transitive verb:1.
To endue with life; to make alive; to animate.
2.
To make more lively or intense.
Quotes:
Can the writer isolate and vivify all in experience that most deeply engages our intellects and our hearts?
-- Annie Dillard, "Write Till You Drop", New York Times, May 28, 1989
Stories not only provide context for statistical statements but canillustrate and vivify them as well.
-- John Allen Paulos, Once Upon a Number
Origin:
Vivify comes from French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificare, from Latin vivus, alive.
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