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vivify

vi·vify

UK/ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/ uncommon

verb

1.

give new life or energy to

  • “A hot soup will revive me”
  • “This will renovate my spirits”
  • “This treatment repaired my health”
2.

make more striking or animated

  • “his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story”

Origin

Borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō.

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