vivification
- noun
- /ˌvɪvɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- She felt a sense of vivification as she danced joyfully under the bright lights of the concert.
Examples
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The vivification of the community began with a series of lively festivals and events.
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After the long winter, the vivification of the landscape was evident as flowers bloomed and trees regained their leaves.
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Thus, each prepares and welcomes vivification.
Fiction book (1991) -
Vivification process was easy.
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Debra might divorce me, but in a way I miss Gumpas, the electricity of his arrival, the vivification of an ephemeral creature who lives at night and dies when the sun rises.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
Bringing something back into use or public attention
Giving something more energy and excitement
A change or feeling that makes something more lively and full of energy
A return of life and energy to a person or place
Antonyms
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word vivification comes from the Latin root viv- meaning 'alive' and the part -fication meaning 'to make'. You can see viv- in words like vivid and revive, so vivification is like 'making something alive' and means making something more lively or full of life.