vivify (VIV-i-FY) verb tr.
1.
To endow with life; animate.
2.
To impart vitality or liveliness.
[From Latin vivus (alive) via Late Latin vivificare.]
"Yet how could artists vivify culture with `sympathies and admirations'    if they felt out of step with their place and time."
Jackson Lears, The Golden Age, The New Republic (Washington), Aug 21,    2000.
This week's theme: verbs.
............................................................................
I am no more humble than my talents require.
-Oscar Levant, composer

A.Word.A.Day--vivify
vivify (VIV-i-FY) verb tr.
<NUMBER>.
To endow with life; animate.
<NUMBER>.
To impart vitality or liveliness.
[From Latin vivus (alive) via Late Latin vivificare.]
"Yet how could artists vivify culture with 'sympathies and admirations' if they felt out of step with their place and time."
Jackson Lears, The Golden Age, The New Republic (Washington), Aug <NUMBER>, <NUMBER>.
This week's theme: verbs.
............................................................................
I am no more humble than my talents require.
-Oscar Levant, composer
culture sympathies admirations animate fy verb tr impart vitality place time jackson age new republic vivify number endow life oscar levant composer week theme verbs