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vivifying |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vivify \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vivifying n : the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something [syn: {vivification}, {invigoration}, {animation}]
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