Vivify
/ˈvɪv.ɪ.faɪ/noun
To give life, energy, or vitality to something.
Did you know?Vivify comes from Latin roots tied to life and making, so its history is basically a linguistic spell for animating the dead, the dull, or the dormant.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷeyh₃-
“to live”
Latin
Latin
vīvus
“alive, living”
Latin
Latin
vīvificāre
“to make alive, enliven”
Late Middle English
English
vivifien
“to enliven, quicken”
Modern English
English
vivify
“to give life or vigor to”