vivify means To bring to life; to enliven. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Why this word is great
VIVIFY — [Verb] To endow with life or renewed vitality; to animate or enliven. From Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificare, from Latin vivus ("alive, living") and -ficare ("to make"). Unlike "animate," which often implies imparting mere motion to the inert, or "invigorate," which focuses on replenishing spent energy, to vivify is to bestow the essential spark, the shimmer of sentience itself. It is the shaft of light that vivifies a gray room with dancing gold motes, the conductor's gesture that summons a silent score into symphony, and the artist's final line that makes a portrait seem to breathe—a small, warm defiance against the world's persistent fade.
verb
- To bring to life; to enliven.“She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.”
- To impart vitality to.