Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To bring to life; to enliven.

    beleben

    оживи́тьoživítʹ

    оживля́тиožyvljáty, оживи́тиožyvýty

    give new life or energy to

  2. (transitive)To impart vitality to.

    вдохну́ть жизньvdoxnútʹ žiznʹ

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

    ruОдиночество дарит жизнь, изоляция убивает.

    deEinsamkeit belebt; Isolation tötet.

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  2. "Solitude vivifies, isolation kills."

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to bring to life:
Русский
By meaning 2
to bring to life:
to impart vitality:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to bring to life:

Origin

Borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō.

Borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō.

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Forms

vivifies, vivifying, vivified, vivified
Base formvivify · to vivify
3rd person singularvivifies
Present participlevivifying
Past simplevivified
Past participlevivified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvivify
he, she, itvivifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsvivified

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill vivify

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedvivification
Derivedautovivifyconvivifyrevivify

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
vivaciousvividB1vividlyB1viviparousvivisectionvixenvlog
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