vivify

/ˈvi-və-ˌfī/

Middle English vivifien to nourish, from Anglo-French vivifier to give life to, from Late Latin vivificare, from Latin vivificus enlivening, from vivus alive

verb

  1. to endow with life or renewed life : animate

  2. to impart vitality or vividness to

rains that vivify the barren hills

quicken animate enliven vivify mean to make alive or lively. quicken stresses a sudden renewal of life or activity especially in something inert. animate emphasizes the imparting of motion or vitality to what is or might be mechanical or artificial.