vitalize
verb
1 vitalize
Give life to:
— The eggs are vitalized.
synonym: vitalise.
Roget 359:
be alive
etc.
adj.;
live,
breathe,
respire;
subsist
etc.
(exist)
1;
walk the earth,
strut and fret one's hour upon the stage"
[Macbeth];
be spared.
see the light,
be born,
come into the world,
fetch breath,
draw breath,
fetch the breath of life,
draw the breath of life;
quicken;
revive;
come to life.
give birth to
etc.
(produce)
161;
bring to life,
put into life,
vitalize;
vivify,
vivificate†;
reanimate
etc.
(restore)
660;
keep alive,
keep body and soul together,
keep the wolf from the door;
support life.
hive nine lives like a cat.
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2 vitalize
Make more lively or vigorous:
— The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man.
synonym: vitalise.
Moby thesaurus: activate, animate, arouse, awaken, boost, breathe life into, brighten, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to life, buoy up, call into being, call into existence, cheer, conceive, dynamize, electrify, encourage, endow with life, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fire, fortify, galvanize, give a lift, give birth, give life to, gladden, hearten, inflame, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, kindle, liven, pep up, perk up, pick up, provoke, quicken, refresh, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart, rejuvenate, renew, revive, rouse, snap up, stimulate, strengthen, vivify, warm, zip up ... show more.
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