Meaning

1 senses
  1. To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.

    schniedeln

    наряжа́тьnarjažátʹ, наряжатьсяnarjažatʹsja, прихорашиватьprixorašivatʹ

More definitions
  • make neat, smart, or trim

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make small improvements to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make small improvements to:

Origin

A modification of the earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pat

A modification of the earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words such as cultivate and renovate.

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Forms

titivates, titivating, titivated, titivated
Base formtitivate · to titivate
3rd person singulartitivates
Present participletitivating
Past simpletitivated
Past participletitivated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytitivate
he, she, ittitivates

Past simpleLesson

all personstitivated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave titivated
he, she, ithas titivated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill titivate

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedtitivation
Derivedtitivator

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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