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Verb: vivify  'vi-vu,fI
  1. Give new life or energy to
    "The pep talk vivified the discouraged team";
    - animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, revivify
     
  2. Make more striking or animated
    "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story"

Derived forms: vivifying, vivifies, vivified

Type of: alter, arouse, brace, change, energise [Brit], energize, modify, perk up, stimulate, stir