vivify

(viv′ə fī′)

Origin: Fr vivifier < LL(Ec) vivificare (as opposed to mortificare: see mortify) < L vivus, alive (see bio-) + facere, to make, do

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transitive verb viv·i·fied, viv·i·fy·ing, viv·i·fies

To give or bring life to; animate: vivify a puppet; vivifying the brown grasslands.
To make more lively, intense, or striking; enliven: A smile may vivify a face.

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Origin: Middle English vivifien

Origin: , from Old French vivifier

Origin: , from Late Latin vīvificāre

Origin: : Latin vīvus, alive; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Latin -ficāre, -fy

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