Vivify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Vivify is a verb meaning (transitive) To bring to life; to enliven.
Meaning
(transitive) To bring to life; to enliven.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To impart vitality to.
Example Sentences
She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.
Persephone, the life force which vivifies all in the spring time, producing the manifold harvests of earth, descends with Plouton to the under world in autumn.
[T]he sculptor lifted it [a round block of stone], turned it hither and thither in his hands, brushed off the clinging soil, and finally placed it on the slender neck of the newly discovered statue. The effect was magical. It immediately lighted up and vivified the whole figure, endowing it with personality, soul, and intelligence.
Word Forms
- vivifies
- vivifying
- vivified
Synonyms for vivify
Depending on context, synonyms include revive, revivify, reanimate, quicken, recreate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quicken, recreate, revivify, revive, reanimate, enliven.
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