vivificate
English
Etymology
From Latin vīvificātus, past participle vīvificō. See vivify.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪˈvɪfɪkeɪt/
Verb
vivificate (third-person singular simple present vivificates, present participle vivificating, simple past and past participle vivificated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give life to; to animate.
- 1653, Henry More, Conjectura Cabbalistica
- God vivificates and actuates the whole world.
- 1653, Henry More, Conjectura Cabbalistica
- (chemistry, obsolete, transitive) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from oxide or solution; to reduce.
Related terms
- revivificate
- vivify
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vivificate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Italian
Verb
vivificate
- inflection of vivificare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
vivificate f pl
- feminine plural of vivificato
Latin
Verb
vīvificāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of vīvificō