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viv·i·fy
 vivify
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- pronunciation:
- vI
v
faI
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
vivifies, vivifying, vivified |
| definition 1: |
to make livelier, sharper, more active, or the like.
The bright colors vivify this room.- similar words:
- animate
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| definition 2: |
to energize, animate, or give life to.
The cartoonist vivified his characters.- similar words:
- animate
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| related words: |
enliven, quicken, rouse |
adverb + (v.)vivify
amazingly
(v.)vivify
+ noun
abstraction, blow, creeper, deprivation, fragrance, institution, leper, lettuce, mean, nostril, parchment, posture, presence, reverence, ritual, spirit, stature, sunrise, toner
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| derivation: |
vivification (n.) |
The word vivify
contains the following parts:
viv, vivi, vit
Latin
root
that means life, living, live
  Example words:
aquavit, arborvitae, avitaminosis, convivial, devitalize, inter vivos, joie de vivre, modus vivendi, qui vive, redivivus, revitalize, revive, survival, survive, survivor, viable, vital, vital signs, vital statistics, vitalism, vitality, vitamin, viva, viva voce, vivace, vivacious, vivarium, vive, vivid, vivify, vivisection
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective ( uglify
, Frenchify
) or noun ( citify
, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction ( putrefy
, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
beautify, casefy, citify, clarify, dignify, diversify, Frenchify, justify, liquefy, magnify, pacify, petrify, purify, putrefy, qualify, quantify, ramify, satisfy, signify, solidify, speechify, stupefy, torrefy, uglify, verify, vilify, vivify
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