vivify

viv·i·fy  (vv-f)

tr.v. viv·i·fied, viv·i·fy·ing, viv·i·fies

1. To give or bring life to; animate: vivify a puppet; vivifying the brown grasslands.

2. To make more lively, intense, or striking; enliven: A smile may vivify a face.

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[Middle English vivifien, from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vvificre : Latin vvus, alive; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficre, -fy.]

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vivi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

vivi·fier n.

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vivify

Verb

[-fies, -fying, -fied]

1. to bring to life

2. to make more vivid or striking [Latin vivus alive + facere to make]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	vivify - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" reanimate, recreate, revivify, revive, renovate, animate, quicken, repair energize, perk up, energise, stimulate, arouse, brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" resuscitate, come to, revive - return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
	2.	vivify - make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"