vivify
to enliven or give life to
Roots
- fac / fic / fact: do or make
- viv / vit: life or alive
Other words with the fac / fic / fact root
- affectation: an artificial display meant to impress
- artificial: made by humans; not natural
- benefactor: person who gives help, money, or support
- beneficent: doing good or producing benefit
- beneficial: helpful or producing good effects
- certify: to confirm officially as true
- effect: a result or outcome
- efficacious: effective; producing the intended result
Other words with the viv / vit root
- convivial: friendly and lively in company
- revive: to bring back to life or energy
- survive: to remain alive or continue despite danger
- viable: able to live or work successfully
- vital: essential; full of life
- vitality: lively energy or life force
- vivacious: lively and animated
- vivid: bright, lively, or clear
Viv means life. To vivify is to put life into something flat, dull, or still.
A small joke vivified the dry explanation and brought the class back to attention.
Vivify works because the root does real work. Vivid has life in color; vivify gives life as an action. Something dead-on-the-page starts to breathe.