单词 | vivification |
释义 | vivificationn. 1. The process or fact of being vivified in a spiritual sense. (Cf. Eph. ii. 1–5.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > instruction or improvement edificationc1384 edifying1509 vivificationa1548 spiritualization1703 a1548 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 262 We muste receyve the sacraments and have contrition..and then viuification, whiche is to aryse agayne by feithe. 1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 116 An auersion from sinne, a conuersion to God: the mortification of the olde Adam, and the viuification of the newe man. 1651 T. L. Advt. to Q. Elizabeth in Πολύπενϑεος Θρηνωδία 48 That Holinesse and Newnesse of life, which the Scripture so often commendeth unto us, by the names Vivification, renovation spirituall, and the first resurrection. 1653 R. Baxter Worcester-shire Petition 9 O the sweet comfort that I have..in the Mortification and Vivification of my godly Friends! 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 63 The new man..must be put on by the grace of vivification. 2. a. The action or fact of enduing with life; the fact of being vivified physically. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [noun] life-giving1573 animation1597 enliving1602 quickenancea1617 vivification1626 information1630 enlivening1674 vitalization1846 vivifying1860 interanimation1925 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §329 If that Motion be in a certain Order, there followeth Vivification and Figuration. 1631 A. B. tr. L. Lessius De Providentia Numinis ii. viii. 315 The vnion of the Soule of man with the body, as also the informing and the viuification (as I may tearme it) of the whole body decayeth no lesse, then in beasts. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 805 The Divine Spirit..which was the Efficient Cause of the Vivification of our Saviour's Body at his Resurrection. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 515 The gods call the soul..a drop from the whole of vivification. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 44 The vivification of ghosts by sacrifices of blood. b. concrete. That which vivifies. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [noun] > one who or that which living breada1425 quickenera1500 vivificatora1555 life-giver1569 vivification1631 informer1662 vivifier1860 vitalizer1882 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 20 O reliever of my torment, and vivification of my life. c. Physiology. The process of converting, or of being converted, into living tissue. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > [noun] > conversion into vivification1872 1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 128 Vivification of the edges not being necessary, the procedure is simpler and less dangerous. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > revivification vivification1612 revivification1643 reviving1677 revival1680 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F Sub. And when comes Viuification? Fac. After Mortification. View more context for this quotation a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) iv. i He can bring an Artificiall Resurrection, and Vivification to Mercury. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Vivification, in Medicine, the Art of Vivifying... The Chymists also use the Word in speaking of the new Force, Vigour, and Lustre which by this Art they give to natural Bodies, particularly to Mercury, which after having been fix'd or amalgamated, they restore to its first State. 4. The action or fact of investing with an air of vitality or reality. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > liveliness > making lively vivification1858 lightening1890 1858 W. Bagehot in National Rev. Oct. 468 A second most wonderful special faculty which Mr. Dickens possesses is what we may call his vivification of character. 1890 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 333/1 [He] is an industrious scholar..but we do not know that he has the gift of vivification. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1548 |
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