VIVIFY (vivified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: vivified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vivify mean? 

• VIVIFY (verb)
  The verb VIVIFY has 2 senses:

1. give new life or energy to

2. make more striking or animated

  Familiarity information: VIVIFY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIVIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vivify    ... he / she / it vivifies   
Past simple: vivified   
Past participle: vivified   
-ing form: vivifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give new life or energy to

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

animate; quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify

Context example:

This treatment repaired my health

Hypernyms (to "vivify" is one way to...):

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Verb group:

come to; resuscitate; revive (return to consciousness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

vivification (the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make more striking or animated

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story

Hypernyms (to "vivify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

vivification (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)

 Context examples 

There have been volcanoes, some of whose openings still send out waters of strange properties, and gases that kill or make to vivify.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)