TITIVATE


Meaning of TITIVATE in English

/ ˈtɪtɪveɪt; NAmE / verb

[ vn ] to improve the appearance of sb/sth by making small changes :

She titivated her hair in the mirror.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent. (in early use, also as tidivate ): perhaps from tidy , on the pattern of cultivate .

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