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Webster 1913 Edition

Vivificate

Vi-vif′i-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
vivificatus
, p. p.
vivificare
. See
Vivify
.]
1.
To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify.
[R.]
God
vivificates
and actuates the whole world.
Dr. H. More.
2.
(Chem.)
To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Vivificate

VIV'IFICATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. vivifico, vivus, alive, and facio, to make.]
1.
to give life to; to animate. [See Vivify.]
2.
In chimistry, to recover from such a change of form as seems to destroy the essential qualities; or to give to natural bodies new luster, force and figor.

Definition 2024

vivificate

vivificate

English

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.
    • Dr. H. More
      God vivificates and actuates the whole world.
  2. (chemistry, obsolete, transitive) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from oxide or solution; to reduce.

Related terms

Italian

Verb

vivificate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of vivificare
  2. second-person plural imperative of vivificare
  3. feminine plural of vivificato

Latin

Verb

vīvificāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of vīvificō

Etymology

Latin vivificatus, past participle vivificare. See vivify.

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