Word Origin & History. vivify 1590s, from O.Fr. vivifier (12c.), from L.L. vivificare make alive, restore to life, from vivificus enlivening, from L. vivus alive (see vivid) + root of facere to make (see factitious). Vivificate in same sense is recorded from early 15c.
BORN BIG High-birthweight newborns, such as this 4-day-old 19-pound baby (center) born to a diabetic mother, face health risks into adulthood.
A mother has given birth to a baby girl weighing a staggering 15lbs - the heaviest female ever born in the world. Nandini, 19, who goes only by her initial name, welcomed her first child, a daughter, by C-section on Monday evening at a government-run hospital in Hassan in southern state Karnataka.