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Webster 1913 Edition


Vivification

Vivˊi-fi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
vivificatio
: cf.
vivification
.]
1.
The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.
Bacon.
2.
(Physiol.)
One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc.
McKendrick.
3.
(Chem.)
The act or process of vivificating.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Vivification

VIVIFICA'TION

, n.
1.
The act of giving life; revival.
2.
Among chimists, the act of giving new luster, force and vigor; as the vivification of mercury.

Definition 2024


vivification

vivification

English

Noun

vivification (plural vivifications)

  1. The giving of life; vitalization; animation.

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