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vivification |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vivification \Viv`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. vivificatio: cf vivification.] 1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival. --Bacon. 2. (Physiol.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc --McKendrick. 3. (Chem.) The act or process of vivificating [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vivification n : the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something [syn: {vivifying}, {invigoration}, {animation}]
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