VIVID Viv"id, a. Etym: [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See Quick, a., and cf. Revive, Viand, Victuals, Vital.]
1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors. In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. Cowper. Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. Bp. Hobart.
2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination. Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. South.
Syn.
— Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly;
active.
— Viv"id*ly, adv.
— Viv"id*ness, n.
VIVIDITY
Vi*vid"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being vivid; vividness. [R.]
VIVIFIC; VIVIFICAL
Vi*vif"ic, Vi*vif"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. vivificus: cf. F. vivifique.
See Vivify.]
Defn: Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [R.]
VIVIFICATE
Vi*vif"i*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. vivificatus, p. p. vivificare. See
Vivify.]
1. To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify. [R.] God vivificates and actuates the whole world. Dr. H. More.