to vivify
1
8.2
- verb
- /ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/
- Formal
:
vivificar
- The vibrant colors of the painting helped to vivify the entire room.
- vivify his presence
Examples
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Just as the sun's rays vivify everything living, so does reverence in the student vivify all feelings of the soul (1986, 12).
Academic text (1991) -
Just as some romantic art vivifies science, some contemporary art history reinvests expressive images with scientific or "objective" referents.
Academic text (1995) -
But without the seed, could it be vivified?
Fiction book (1991) -
" God's being, then, is creation; is vivifying other things, is living in others.
Academic text (2017) -
Indeed, the presence in our midst of a living opponent of the Arab national idea vivifies it and stirs the blood within us.
Academic text (2011) -
The foggy, cool sunrises of Algonquin vivify me; their gift of allowing me to remember my last night's dreams is not small.
Academic text (2005) -
The actual manipulation of these concrete referents serves as a vehicle to vivify and personalize the experience.
Academic text (1992) -
Most commonly, the present tense has been seen as a means of vivifying, animating, or heightening events in the narrative past by making them "present" in time.
Academic text (1992) -
Her stories about her travels always vivify conversations at dinner parties.
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The joyous music seemed to vivify the crowd, making everyone want to dance.
Synonyms
236
3.7
Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive
104
3.4
To make people or a situation feel more cheerful
66
3.9
To make or become more active and interesting
65
3.7
To make someone feel more active and alert
64
2.7
To make something more active, alert or interested
38
3.6
To make something more interesting and lively
27
2.7
To make a place or thing look more cheerful by adding color
26
5.5
To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively
25
4.0
To make a group or event more lively and energetic
23
3.9
To make something more interesting or exciting
19
5.7
To give new energy and interest to a person or thing
17
2.7
Make a room or person more cheerful
16
7.2
To bring back life and energy to a person or thing
14
4.1
To make people feel very excited and want to act
8
5.3
To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy
6
4.1
Make something more active and interesting
5
4.1
To make a place or event feel lively and energetic
4
3.6
To make something more exciting or interesting
4
4.9
To make someone or something more lively
3
4.1
To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing
3
4.0
To make a person or thing feel fresh and full of energy
3
4.1
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
2
5.4
To make a person or thing more lively
2
5.1
Make something more interesting and lively, like a room or outfit
1
6.7
To make something full of life and energy
1
8.5
To give new life and energy to people or things
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
Antonyms
How Lively
26
5.5
24
5.5
- Formal
1
8.2
6
4.1
27
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
vivify = vivid (transparent) = viv + ify
The verb is a straightforward verb-forming derivation meaning 'make (something) vivid/lively', which learners can infer from 'vivid' + '-ify'.
Etymology
The word vivify comes from the Latin root viv- meaning 'to live' and the ending -fy meaning 'make'. Think of vivid or revive: to vivify is to 'make alive' or to make something more lively and full of energy.