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1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. I.iv Throughe these artyres liuely spirite, & fresshe aere, is diriuied out of the mother into the childe, wherwith the naturall hete of the chylde is viuified and refresshed.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. *iij Let us consider on the Sunne..what doth she effect?..[she doth] warme us, vivifye and administre lyfe vnto vs.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 263 Mercurius Trismegistus saide well, that it was the spirite which viuifieth or quickneth euery forme in the whole world.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 86 [They] placed a fiery sign first, for that heat ruleth in fire, by which all things are quickened and vivifyed.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. 39 The great Soul of the Universe..vivifyeth all manner of things.

1799 Monthly Rev. 30 568 In this explosion of lite, every particle of native soil was vivified; and numberless races of vegetables and animals were produced.

1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) I. 359 An instinct of the dynamic and supernatural laws which underlie and vivify this material universe.

1881 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air 224 An indraught—slight no doubt, but still sufficient to contaminate or vivify the infusion.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xix. 30 As in nature one contrarie is vivified by another contrarie.

1713 J. Gay & A. Pope in Guardian 24 Mar. 1/2 It [sc. an elixir] restores and vivifies the most dejected Minds.

1776 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) vii. 408 That Promethean fire, which animates the canvass and vivifies the marble.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 144 Their execution would have vivified the empire.

1832 H. Martineau For Each & All iv. 59 The utmost that education can do is to extend man's views, to exalt his aims, and vivify his powers.

1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) I. iii. 322 His plan was [to encourage industry by munificence;]..to vivify the State by vigorous measures.

1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles i. 4 It vivifies the stock we have, but does not add one item to it.

1905 Sat. Rev. 29 Apr. 545/2 It enables its ‘supers’ to shout.. and thereby vivify a languishing enthusiasm.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 416 An incision..to lay open any sinuous track, vivify callous edges, or remove spongy granulations..must be tried.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 54 The sun appeared in all his glory..vivifying every colour of the landscape.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing ii. 127 This covering..vivifies the most brilliant colours.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate i The bright..autumnal sunshine was vivifying the many-tinted trees of the Bois de Boulogne.

1833 H. Martineau Three Ages i. 26 His ready wit seldom failed to interpose to illustrate and vivify what was said.

1853 C. C. Felton Familiar Lett. (1865) xi. 100 I always try to vivify an idea by embodying it in some manner.

1885 Manch. Examiner 25 Feb. 3/3 This little volume is..vivified throughout by the sympathetic yet discriminating appreciation which pays all due honour to the hero.