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  • 101vivify — /ˈvɪvəfaɪ / (say vivuhfuy) verb (t) (vivified, vivifying) 1. to give life to; quicken. 2. to enliven; render lively or animated; brighten. {Latin vīvificāre} –vivification /vɪvəfəˈkeɪʃən/ (say vivuhfuh kayshuhn), noun –vivifier, noun …

  • 102clarification — [n] explanation description, elucidation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, resolution, simplification, solution, unravelment, vivification; concepts 57,274 Ant. complication, misunderstanding, muddle …

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  • 103exhilaration — [n] great happiness, excitement animation, a rush*, cheerfulness, delight, elation, electrification, elevation, enlivenment, euphoria, exaltation, excitation, firing, gaiety, galvanization, gladness, gleefulness, head rush*, high spirits*,… …

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  • 104vivify —   v.t. make alive or vivid; animate; sharpen.    ♦ vivification, n …

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  • 105vivify — ► VERB (vivifies, vivified) ▪ enliven or animate. DERIVATIVES vivification noun. ORIGIN Latin vivificare, from vivere to live …

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  • 106vivify — [viv′ə fī΄] vt. vivified, vivifying [Fr vivifier < LL(Ec) vivificare (as opposed to mortificare: see MORTIFY) < L vivus, alive (see BIO ) + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to give life to; animate 2. to make more lively, active, striking, etc. viv …

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  • 107activating — I noun the activity of causing to have energy and be active • Syn: ↑energizing, ↑activation • Derivationally related forms: ↑energize (for: ↑energizing) …

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  • 108activation — noun 1. stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical • Ant: ↑inactivation • Derivationally related forms: ↑activate • Hypernyms: ↑stimulation • Hyponyms: ↑indweller …

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  • 109activeness — noun 1. the state of being active his sphere of activity he is out of action • Syn: ↑action, ↑activity • Ant: ↑inactiveness, ↑inactivity (for: ↑ …

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  • 110chirpiness — noun cheerful and lively • Derivationally related forms: ↑chirpy • Hypernyms: ↑animation, ↑spiritedness, ↑invigoration, ↑brio, ↑vivification …

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