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tittivate

tittivate is the alternative spelling of titivate.

Meaning of titivate

Verb

titivate (third-person singular simple present titivates, present participle titivating, simple past and past participle titivated)

  1. (transitive) 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

Forms of tittivate

third-person singular presenttittivates
present participletittivating
past participletittivated
pasttittivated

Questions about tittivate

What is tittivate the alternative spelling of?
Tittivate is the alternative spelling of titivate.

Words near tittivate in the dictionary

  1. tittied
  2. titties
  3. titting
  4. titting about
  5. titting up
  6. tittivate
  7. tittivated
  8. tittivates
  9. tittivating
  10. tittivation
  11. tittivations

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