Vivify

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:18:18

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.

Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon.

 

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