VIVIFY
Viv"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vivified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vivifying.]
Etym: [F. vivifier, L. vivificare. See Vivid, -fy; cf. Vivificate.]
Defn: To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to
animate.
Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon.
VIVIPARA
Vi*vip"a*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Viviparous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; — opposed to Ovipara.
VIVIPARITY
Viv`i*par"i*ty, n. (Biol.)
Defn: The quality or condition of being viviparous. H. Spencer.
VIVIPAROUS Vi*vip"a*rous, a. Etym: [L. viviparus; vivus alive + parere to bear, bring forth. Cf. Viper.] (Biol.)
Defn: Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; — opposed to oviparous. Viviparous fish. (Zoöl.) See Embiotocoid. — Viviparous shell (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of operculated fresh-water gastropods belonging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
VIVIPAROUSLY
Vi*vip"a*rous*ly, adv. (Biol.)
Defn: In a viviparous manner.