titivate (redirected from titivations)

tit·i·vate  (tt-vt)

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

To make decorative additions to; spruce up.

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

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titi·vation n.

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titivate, tittivate [ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt]

vb

1. to smarten up (oneself or another), as by making up, doing the hair, etc.

2. (tr) to smarten up (a thing) to titivate a restaurant

[earlier tidivate, perhaps based on tidy and cultivate]

titivation , tittivation n

titivator , tittivator n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

titivate - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, tittivate beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful

Translations

titivate [ˈtɪtɪveɪt]

A. VT → emperejilar, arreglar
to titivate o.s → emperejilarse, arreglarse

B. VI → emperejilarse, arreglarse

titivate [ˈtɪtɪveɪt] vt → pomponner
to titivate o.s. → se pomponner

titivate (old, hum)

vi → sich fein machen

vt oneself, hair etc, restaurant → herausputzen, verschönern

titivate [ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt] vt → agghindare

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titivate [ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt] vt → agghindare