Antonyms for vitalize
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : vahyt-l-ahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvaɪt lˌaɪz |
Definition of vitalize
Origin :- 1670s, "to give life to," from vital + -ize. Figurative sense by 1805. Related: Vitalized; vitalizing.
- verb energize
- verb quicken
- His is the task to develop and vitalize these smothered faculties and potentialities.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- You, in your own city, with your own teachers, can vitalize your elementary schools.
- Extract from : « The New Education » by Scott Nearing
- Thus only was it possible for him to quicken and vitalize his powers to their fullest.
- Extract from : « When Dreams Come True » by Ritter Brown
- There was a spiritual atmosphere in the place that did not vitalize her blood.
- Extract from : « Cast Adrift » by T. S. Arthur
- It is a plain question of your ability to choose, arrange and vitalize things.
- Extract from : « Atlantic Classics » by Various
- It will vitalize the influence of this nation in behalf of peace.
- Extract from : « Our National Defense: » by George Hebard Maxwell
- If we would bring joy to the masses why not first vitalize the classes?
- Extract from : « The Joyful Heart » by Robert Haven Schauffler
- To be content with the old forms and to vitalize them: that is the problem.
- Extract from : « The Feast of St. Friend » by Arnold Bennett
- Youth and the love of it, of its beauty and strength, adorn and vitalize their grey antiquity.
- Extract from : « The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland » by T. W. Rolleston
- Every subject needs a man to vitalize it for the ordinary student.
- Extract from : « Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College » by Charles Franklin Thwing
Synonyms for vitalize
- accelerate
- actify
- activate
- activize
- actuate
- animate
- arm
- arouse
- awaken
- build up
- dispatch
- electrify
- empower
- enable
- energize
- enliven
- excite
- exhilarate
- expedite
- fortify
- galvanize
- goad
- goose
- grow
- hasten
- hurry
- impel
- incite
- increase
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- inspirit
- invigorate
- jazz up
- juice up
- kindle
- liven
- liven up
- make haste
- motivate
- move
- pep up
- pique
- precipitate
- prime
- promote
- pump up
- put zip into
- quicken
- refresh
- reinforce
- revitalize
- revive
- rouse
- shake up
- speed
- spring
- spur
- start up
- step up
- stimulate
- stir
- strengthen
- sustain
- switch on
- trigger
- turn on
- urge
- vivificate
- vivify
- work up
- zap
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