noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The giving of life; vitalization; animation. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something wordnet
3. 3
   quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous wordnet

Synonyms

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animationanimationbracerbriocordialexhilaration

Antonyms

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devitalization

Etymology

From Latin vīvificātiō. By surface analysis, vivificate + -ion.

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