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vivificate

/vɪˈvɪfɪkeɪt/

vivificate verb: to give life to; to animate or vitalise.

Verb

vivificate (third-person singular simple present vivificates, present participle vivificating, simple past and past participle vivificated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To give life to; to animate or vitalise.
    • God vivificates and actuates the whole world.1653, Henry More, Conjectura Cabbalistica

Forms of vivificate

third-person singular presentvivificates
present participlevivificating
past participlevivificated
pastvivificated

Origin of vivificate

From Latin vīvificātus, past participle vīvificō. See vivify.

Questions about vivificate

What does vivificate mean?
Vivificate means to give life to; to animate or vitalise.
What part of speech is vivificate?
Vivificate is a verb.
How do you pronounce vivificate?
Vivificate is pronounced /vɪˈvɪfɪkeɪt/.
What is the past tense of vivificate?
The past tense of vivificate is vivificated.

Words near vivificate in the dictionary

  1. Vivien
  2. Vivienne
  3. Vivier
  4. Viviers
  5. vivific
  6. vivificate
  7. vivificated
  8. vivificates
  9. vivificating
  10. vivification
  11. vivifications

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