vivify (VIV-i-FY) verb tr.

   1. To endow with life; animate.

   2. To impart vitality or liveliness.

[From Latin vivus (alive) via Late Latin vivificare.]

   "Yet how could artists vivify culture with `sympathies and admirations'
   if they felt out of step with their place and time."
   Jackson Lears, The Golden Age, The New Republic (Washington), Aug 21,
   2000.

This week's theme: verbs.

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(1906-1972)

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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/vivify.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/vivify.ram