vivify

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vivify

  • /ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/

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borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō.

verb vivifies · vivifying · vivified

  1. transitive To bring to life; to enliven. She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.
  2. transitive To impart vitality to.

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verb to bring to life

Françaisvivifier
Deutschbeleben
Italianovivificare
Русскийоживи́ть oživítʹ

verb to impart vitality

Русскийвдохну́ть жизнь vdoxnútʹ žiznʹ

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@misc{vivify_2026,
  title = {vivify},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vivify},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}