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vivification

noun

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Latin root: vīvificātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about vivification at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous.
  2. The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something.

Origin

From Latin vīvificātiō. By surface analysis, vivificate + -ion.

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Related Words: invigorationanimationvitalizationrevivificationvitalisationreinvigorationrevivicationreviviscencerevivingrevivalrevitalizationquickening

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