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Webster 1913 Edition


Vivify

Viv′i-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vivified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vivifying
.]
[F.
vivifier
, L.
vivificare
. See
Vivid
,
-fy
; cf.
Vivificate
.]
To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
Sitting on eggs doth
vivify
, not nourish.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vivify

VIV'IFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L. vivfico; vivus, alive, and facio, to make.]
To endue with life; to animate; to make to be living.
Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish.

Definition 2024


vivify

vivify

English

Verb

vivify (third-person singular simple present vivifies, present participle vivifying, simple past and past participle vivified)

  1. To bring to life
  2. To impart vitality

Derived terms

  • autovivify

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