'Vivification' definitions:
Definition of 'vivification'
(from WordNet)
noun
Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous [syn: animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification]
noun
The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something [syn: vivification, invigoration, animation]
Definition of 'Vivification'
From: GCIDE
- Vivification \Viv`i*fi*ca"tion\, 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]