Vivify

/ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/

Synonyms for "vivify" (86 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Adjective(2 words)
alive beinganimated
animatebracebrace upbreathe life intobring into beingbring into existencebring to life
Noun(5 words)
animate actionanimate objectanimate organismanimatingbiologize findings

Strong matches (25)

briskbriskenbuck upcall into beingcall into existencecheerchirk upconceiveendow with lifeenergizeenlivenexhilaratefirefortifyfresh upfreshenfreshen upgive birthgive life togladden

Related words (43)

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Collocations

6 entries
vivify datavivify descriptionvivify discoursevivify imageryvivify memoryvivify narrative

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.

Source: wiktionary

Persephone, the life force which vivifies all in the spring time, producing the manifold harvests of earth, descends with Plouton to the under world in autumn.

Source: wiktionary

[T]he sculptor lifted it [a round block of stone], turned it hither and thither in his hands, brushed off the clinging soil, and finally placed it on the slender neck of the newly discovered statue. The effect was magical. It immediately lighted up and vivified the whole figure, endowing it with personality, soul, and intelligence.

Source: wiktionary

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