01 n. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.
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The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival.
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One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc.(Physiol.)
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The act or process of vivificating.(Chem.) [Obs.]