资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vivify \Viv"i*fy\, 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.

         Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. --Bacon.