titivate
/ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/
titivate verb: to make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
Verb
titivate (third-person singular simple present titivates, present participle titivating, simple past and past participle titivated)
- To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
- Had she spent the best part of a day in titivating herself in order that she might sit plunged in darkness, with nothing but her feet and her nose revealed?1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
titivate meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
titivate in Bengali
- পরিপাটি করা, ঝালিয়ে নেওয়া
titivate in Malayalam
- spruce up, groom, smarten (up)
- സ്വയം അണിഞ്ഞൊരുങ്ങുക, വെടിപ്പാകുക, ശുചിയാവുക, ശുചീഭവിക്കുക, ഒരുങ്ങുക, ക്രമപ്പെടുത്തുക
titivate in Kannada
- ಅಂದವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣು, ಲಕ್ಷಣವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣು, ಸಿಂಗರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು
Forms of titivate
| third-person singular present | titivates |
|---|---|
| present participle | titivating |
| past participle | titivated |
| past | titivated |
| alternative form | tidivate |
| alternative form | tiddivate |
| alternative form | tittivate |
Origin of titivate
A modification of the earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words such as cultivate and renovate.
Words formed from titivate
Questions about titivate
- What does titivate mean?
- Titivate means to make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
- What is titivate in Bengali?
- Titivate in Bengali is পরিপাটি করা, ঝালিয়ে নেওয়া. See Titivate meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is titivate?
- Titivate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce titivate?
- Titivate is pronounced /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of titivate?
- The past tense of titivate is titivated.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: titivate (page history and authors); titivate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); titivate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); titivate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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