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vivify
Synonyms and Antonyms of vivify
- this re-creation of a town in the Old West really vivifies the history that visitors learned in school
arouse, awake, awaken, raise, rouse, stir, wake (up)
activate, actuate, drive, impel, motivate, motive, move, propel
enkindle, excite, ferment, foment, incite, inflame (also enflame), instigate, kindle, provoke, set off, spark, trigger, turn on, whip (up)
abet, boost, buoy, cheer, embolden, fortify, hearten, infuse, inspire, lift, rally, steel, strengthen
reactivate, reanimate, reawake, reawaken, recharge, recreate, reenergize, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, restimulate, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive
Synonym Discussion of vivify
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- the arrival of spring quickens the earth
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- happiness animated his conversation
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- enlivened her lectures with humorous anecdotes
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- new blood needed to vivify the dying club
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