'Vivify' definitions:
Definition of 'vivify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]
verb
Make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story"
Definition of 'Vivify'
From: GCIDE
- Vivify \Viv"i*fy\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vivify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animate,
- brace,
- brace up,
- breathe life into,
- bring into being,
- bring into existence,
- bring to life,
- brisk,
- brisken,
- buck up,
- call into being,
- call into existence,
- cheer,
- chirk up,
- conceive,
- endow with life,
- energize,
- enliven,
- exhilarate,
- fortify,
- fresh up,
- freshen,
- freshen up,
- give birth,
- give life to,
- inspirit,
- invigorate,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- quicken,
- reanimate,
- recreate,
- refresh,
- refreshen,
- regale,
- reinvigorate,
- renew,
- revive,
- revivify,
- set up,
- stimulate,
- vitalize