单词 | vivify |
释义 | viv·i·fy (vĭvə-fī′) 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. [Middle English vivifien, from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vīvificāre : Latin vīvus, alive; see gwei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Latin -ficāre, -fy.] viv′i·fi·cation (-fĭ-kāshən) n. vivi·fi′er n. |
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