as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
this re-creation of a town in the Old West really vivifies the history that visitors learned in school
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Recent Examples of vivify
But the book also vivifies the fact that most (if not all) art and journalism has a predatory element.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
All of which speaks to a level of seriousness in the notables featured in Young Bloomsbury that the book perhaps did not vivify.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Each of these observers was given a tic, motif, or symbolic compulsion to distinguish and vivify his or her narration.
—Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
Their bodies are emphatically their own, no rightful concern of his, and their joy is vivifying.
—New York Times, 16 Feb. 2020
This novel is a beautiful unfolding of characters and relationships that vivify nontraditional family, friendship, love, identity, boundaries, distance, responsibility and forgiveness.
—Beth Py-Lieberman, Smithsonian, 28 Nov. 2019
Every year around this time, a delectable wave of Brazilian music sweeps across the Bay Area, bringing a lush, vivifying surge of beauty to the fading days of summer.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2019
To the first point, the Sanders-Red Hen situation has unearthed (or perhaps vivified) a growing sentiment in our society.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 25 June 2018
Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
All of which speaks to a level of seriousness in the notables featured in Young Bloomsbury that the book perhaps did not vivify.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Each of these observers was given a tic, motif, or symbolic compulsion to distinguish and vivify his or her narration.
—Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
Their bodies are emphatically their own, no rightful concern of his, and their joy is vivifying.
—New York Times, 16 Feb. 2020
This novel is a beautiful unfolding of characters and relationships that vivify nontraditional family, friendship, love, identity, boundaries, distance, responsibility and forgiveness.
—Beth Py-Lieberman, Smithsonian, 28 Nov. 2019
Every year around this time, a delectable wave of Brazilian music sweeps across the Bay Area, bringing a lush, vivifying surge of beauty to the fading days of summer.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2019
To the first point, the Sanders-Red Hen situation has unearthed (or perhaps vivified) a growing sentiment in our society.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 25 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vivify
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Third, according to Foligain, scientific research has shown that minoxidil can stimulate follicle activity at the cellular level.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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These vibrations resonate within the sinus cavities, stimulating the surrounding tissues and encouraging natural mucus drainage.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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That bit of the story that once possessed you and once tried animating a dead book can become the spine of a living one.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Standing on an elevated platform, my father held his pipe in one hand and raised his other arm to wave at the crowd, a determined and optimistic smile animating his face.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Vivify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vivify. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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