Vivify
['vɪvɪfaɪ] or ['vɪvə,fai]
Definition
(verb.) make more striking or animated; 'his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story'.
Checked by Barlow--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
Checker: McDonald
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Animate, vitalize, awake, arouse, quicken, make alive, give life to.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- His life was swallowed up in the existence of his beloved; and his heart beat only in unison with the pulsations that vivified hers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She came like a vivified figure out of the Magasin des Modes--blandly smiling in the most beautiful new clothes and little gloves and boots. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Micawber