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   viva voce
         adv 1: orally; "I heard it viva voce" [syn: {by word of mouth},
                  {viva voce}]
         n 1: an examination conducted by spoken communication [syn:
               {oral}, {oral exam}, {oral examination}, {viva voce},
               {viva}]

English Dictionary: vivification by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viva-voce
adj
  1. expressed orally; "a viva-voce report"; "the film had good word-of-mouth publicity"
    Synonym(s): viva-voce, word- of-mouth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vivification
n
  1. quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
    Synonym(s): animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification
  2. the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
    Synonym(s): vivification, invigoration, animation
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.
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