tit·i·vate

(tĭt′ə-vāt′)

tr.v. tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing, tit·i·vates

To make decorative additions to; spruce up.

[Alteration of earlier tidivate : perhaps tidy + (ele)vate.]

tit′i·va′tion n.

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Noun

titivation - sprucing up; making decorative additions to

tittivation

decoration - the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

Translations

abbellimento

titivation

n (old, hum) → Verschönerung f

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