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titivate
tit·i·vate T0236900 (tĭt′ə-vāt′)tr.v. tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing, tit·i·vates To make decorative additions to; spruce up.
[Alteration of earlier tidivate : perhaps tidy + (ele)vate.]
tit′i·va′tion n.titivate (ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt) or tittivatevb1. to smarten up (oneself or another), as by making up, doing the hair, etc2. (tr) to smarten up (a thing): to titivate a restaurant. [C19: earlier tidivate, perhaps based on tidy and cultivate] ˌtitiˈvation, ˌtittiˈvation n ˈtitiˌvator, ˈtittiˌvator ntit•i•vate or tit•ti•vate (ˈtɪt əˌveɪt)
v. -vat•ed, -vat•ing. v.t. 1. to make smart; spruce up. v.i. 2. to make oneself smart or spruce. [1795–1805; earlier tidivate= tidy + (ele) vate] tit`i•va′tion, n. titivate
Past participle: titivated
Gerund: titivating
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| titivate | | titivate |
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| I titivate | | you titivate | | he/she/it titivates | | we titivate | | you titivate | | they titivate |
| Preterite |
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| I titivated | | you titivated | | he/she/it titivated | | we titivated | | you titivated | | they titivated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am titivating | | you are titivating | | he/she/it is titivating | | we are titivating | | you are titivating | | they are titivating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have titivated | | you have titivated | | he/she/it has titivated | | we have titivated | | you have titivated | | they have titivated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was titivating | | you were titivating | | he/she/it was titivating | | we were titivating | | you were titivating | | they were titivating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had titivated | | you had titivated | | he/she/it had titivated | | we had titivated | | you had titivated | | they had titivated |
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| I will titivate | | you will titivate | | he/she/it will titivate | | we will titivate | | you will titivate | | they will titivate |
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| I will have titivated | | you will have titivated | | he/she/it will have titivated | | we will have titivated | | you will have titivated | | they will have titivated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be titivating | | you will be titivating | | he/she/it will be titivating | | we will be titivating | | you will be titivating | | they will be titivating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been titivating | | you have been titivating | | he/she/it has been titivating | | we have been titivating | | you have been titivating | | they have been titivating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been titivating | | you will have been titivating | | he/she/it will have been titivating | | we will have been titivating | | you will have been titivating | | they will have been titivating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been titivating | | you had been titivating | | he/she/it had been titivating | | we had been titivating | | you had been titivating | | they had been titivating |
| Conditional |
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| I would titivate | | you would titivate | | he/she/it would titivate | | we would titivate | | you would titivate | | they would titivate |
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| I would have titivated | | you would have titivated | | he/she/it would have titivated | | we would have titivated | | you would have titivated | | they would have titivated |
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, tittivatebeautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful |
Translationstitivate
Synonyms for titivateverb make neat, smart, or trimSynonyms- slick up
- smarten up
- spiff up
- spruce
- spruce up
- tittivate
Related Words- beautify
- fancify
- prettify
- embellish
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