English Dictionary: vivification | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vivific \Vi*vif"ic\, Vivifical \Vi*vif"ic*al\, a. [L. vivificus: cf. F. vivifique. See {Vivify}.] Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vivific \Vi*vif"ic\, Vivifical \Vi*vif"ic*al\, a. [L. vivificus: cf. F. vivifique. See {Vivify}.] Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vivificate \Vi*vif"i*cate\, v. t. [L. vivificatus, p. p. vivificare. See {Vivify}.] 1. To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify. [R.] God vivificates and actuates the whole world. --Dr. H. More. 2. (Chem.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vivification \Viv`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. vivificatio: cf. vivification.] 1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival. --Bacon. 2. (Physiol.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc. --McKendrick. 3. (Chem.) The act or process of vivificating. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vivificative \Viv"i*fi*ca*tive\, a. Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying. |