[viv.i.fy] vt -fied ; -fy.ing [MF vivifier, fr. LL vivificare, fr. L vivificus enlivening, fr. vivus alive--more at quick] (1545) 1: to endue with life or renewed life: animate "rains that ~ the barren hills"
2: to impart vitality or vividness to "concentrating this union of quality and meaning in a way which vivifies both --John Dewey" syn see quicken -- viv.i.fi.ca.tion n -- viv.i.fi.er n