{ } a. [ L. vivificus: cf. F. vivifique. See Vivify. ] Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. vivificatus, p. p. vivificare. See Vivify. ] 1. To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God vivificates and actuates the whole world. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vivificatio: cf. vivification. ] 1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) The act or process of vivificating. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying. [ 1913 Webster ]