n. [ So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F. G. Vivian. ] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See Quick, a., and cf. Revive, Viand, Victuals, Vital. ] 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. Bp. Hobart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- viv"id*ly, adv. -- viv"id*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being vivid; vividness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vivified p. pr. & vb. n. Vivifying ] [ F. vivifier, L. vivificare. See Vivid, -fy; cf. Vivificate. ] To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Viviparous. ] (Zool.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The quality or condition of being viviparous. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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