Sir W. Scott.
Vives (?), n. [OF. vives, F. avives (cf. Sp. abivas, adiva) fr. Ar. ad-
dhba. Cf. Fives vives.] (Far.) A disease of brute animals, especially
of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed
which sometimes ends in suppuration.
Viv"i*an*ite (?), n. [So called by Werner after the English
mineralogist F. G. Vivian.] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron of a
blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in
monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.
Viv"id (?), a. [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.
Vi*vid"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.
[R.]
{ Vi*vif"ic (?), Vi*vif"ic*al (?), } a. [L. vivificus: cf. F.
vivifique. See Vivify.] Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [R.]
Vi*vif"i*cate (?), v. t. [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.
2. (Chem.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide
or solution; to reduce. [Obs.]
Viv`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. vivificatio: cf. vivification.] 1. The act
of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life;
revival. Bacon.
2. (Physiol.) 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. McKendrick.