vivify
pronunciation
How to pronounce vivify in British English:
UK ['vɪvəˌfaɪ]
How to pronounce vivify in American English:
US ['vɪvəˌfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- give new life or energy to
- make more striking or animated
Word Origin
- vivify (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French vivifier "come alive; give life to" (12c.), from Late Latin vivificare "make alive, restore to life," from vivificus "enlivening," from Latin vivus "alive" (see vivid) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Vivificate in same sense is recorded from early 15c.
Example
- 1. A smile may vivify a face .
- 2. China should actively meet the challenge of globalization and vivify the traditional oriental culture .
- 3. Words realize nothing , vivify nothing to you , unless you have suffered in your own person the thing which the words try to describe .
- 4. Throughout them all , giving up her individuality , she would become the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point , and in which they might vivify and embody their images of woman 's frailty and sinful passion .
- 5. We should innovate supervision train of thought , tamp the work foundation , accelerate ranks construction , further vivify the interior audit , and realize higher colleges effective supervision by optimizing audit environment .