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vivification|ˌvɪvɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
Also 6–7 viui-, 7 uiui-.
[ad. L. vīvificātio (Tertullian), n. of action f. vīvificāre: see prec. and -ation. So F. vivification, Sp. vivificacion, Pg. -ação, It. vivificazione.]
1. The process or fact of being vivified in a spiritual sense. (Cf. Eph. ii. 1–5.)
a1548in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. III. 262 We muste receyve the sacraments and have contrition..and then viuification, whiche is to aryse agayne by feithe. 1589T. L. Advt. to Q. Elizabeth (1651) 48 That Holinesse and trewnesse of life,..under the names Vivification, renovation spirituall, and the first resurrection. 1606S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 116 An auersion from sinne, a conuersion to God: the mortification of the olde Adam, and the viuification of the newe man. 1653Baxter Worc. Petit. Def. 9 O the sweet comfort that I have..in the Mortification and Vivification of my godly Friends! 1690C. Nesse O. & N. Test. I. 63 The new man..must be put on by the grace of vivification.
2. The action or fact of enduing with life; the fact of being vivified physically.
1626Bacon Sylva §329 If that Motion be in a certain Order, there followeth Vivification and Figuration. 1631A. B. tr. Lessius' De Prov. Num. ii. viii. 315 The vnion of the Soule of man with the body, as also the informing and the viuification (as I may tearme it) of the whole body decayeth no lesse, then in beasts. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 805 The Divine Spirit..which was the Efficient Cause of the Vivification of our Saviour's Body at his Resurrection. 1797Monthly Mag. III. 515 The gods call the soul..a drop from the whole of vivification. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. II. 44 The vivification of ghosts by sacrifices of blood.
b. concr. That which vivifies. rare—1.
1631Mabbe Celestina i. 20 O reliever of my torment, and vivification of my life.
c. Phys. The process of converting, or of being converted, into living tissue.
1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 128 Vivification of the edges not being necessary, the procedure is simpler and less dangerous.
†3. Restoration of a metal to its original state.
1610B. Jonson Alch. ii. v, Sub. And when comes Viuification? Fac. After Mortification. 1649Quarles Virgin Widow iv. i, He can bring an Artificiall Resurrection, and Vivification to Mercury. 1728Chambers Cycl., Vivification,..The Chymists also use the Word in speaking of the new Force, Vigour, and Lustre which by this Art they give to natural Bodies, particularly to Mercury, which after having been fix'd or amalgamated, they restore to its first State.
4. The action or fact of investing with an air of vitality or reality.
1858Bagehot in Nat. Rev. Oct. 468 A second most wonderful special faculty which Mr. Dickens possesses is what we may call his vivification of character. 1890Sat. Rev. 15 March 333/1 [He] is an industrious scholar..but we do not know that he has the gift of vivification. |