v.
Variant: or tit · ti · vate
Pronunciation: ' ti-t ə - ˌ v ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -vat · ed ; -vat · ing
Etymology: perhaps from 1 tidy + reno vate
Date: 1824
transitive verb : to make smart or spruce
intransitive verb : SMARTEN , SPRUCE
– tit · i · va · tion \ ˌ ti-t ə - ' v ā -sh ə n \ noun