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.
The largest baby born in the State of Illinois according to an old version of the Guinness Book of Records was the heaviest baby ever born vaginally and weighed 29 lbs 4 oz. (â¦ 29.25 lbs). The birth occurred in the city of Effingham, in Central Illinois in 1939.