vitalize

C1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˈvaɪ.t̬ə.laɪz/ UK /ˈvaɪ.təl.aɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #331046

Meanings

1

verb
to give energy, vigor, or renewed activity to someone or something

The new director's ideas vitalized the struggling arts program.
2

verb
to endow with life or a life-giving principle; animate

Early physiologists believed that a special force vitalized living tissue.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to give energy, vigor, or... invigorate energize stimulaterevitalize

2 verb · to endow with life or a... animate quicken vivify

Opposites

devitalizeenervate weaken deaden

Word family

Forms vitalizing

Derived forms vitalizedvitalizingvitalization

Related forms vital vitalityvitaliserevitalizedevitalize

Etymology

Formed in English from vital + -ize. Vital comes through Middle English and Old French from Latin vitalis, 'of or belonging to life,' from vita, 'life,' related to vivere, 'to live.' The suffix -ize makes the causative sense literal: to make vital or supply with life and vigor.

Topics

Cause, Change & Process

External links

# vitalize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈvaɪ.t̬ə.laɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvaɪ.təl.aɪz/
**Frequency rank:** 331046

## Meanings
1. to give energy, vigor, or renewed activity to someone or something
2. to endow with life or a life-giving principle; animate

## Examples
- The new director's ideas vitalized the struggling arts program.
- Early physiologists believed that a special force vitalized living tissue.

## Synonyms
- invigorate
- energize
- animate
- stimulate
- revitalize
- vivify

## Antonyms
- devitalize
- enervate
- weaken
- deaden

## Derived Forms
- vitalized
- vitalizing
- vitalization

## Related Forms
- vital
- vitality
- vitalise
- revitalize
- devitalize

## Etymology
Formed in English from vital + -ize. Vital comes through Middle English and Old French from Latin vitalis, 'of or belonging to life,' from vita, 'life,' related to vivere, 'to live.' The suffix -ize makes the causative sense literal: to make vital or supply with life and vigor.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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