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titivate

1
or tit·ti·vate

[ tit-uh-veyt ]

verb (used with object)

, tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing.
  1. to make smart or spruce:

    She titivated her old dress with a new belt.



verb (used without object)

, tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing.
  1. to make oneself smart or spruce.

titivate

2

[ tit-uh-veyt ]

verb (used with object)

, tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing.

titivate

/ ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt /

verb

  1. to smarten up (oneself or another), as by making up, doing the hair, etc
  2. tr to smarten up (a thing)

    to titivate a restaurant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈtitiˌvator, noun
  • ˌtitiˈvation, noun
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Other Words From

  • titi·vation noun
  • titi·vator noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of titivate1

1795–1805; earlier tidivate ( tidy + (ele)vate; i.e., tidy up)

Origin of titivate2

First recorded in 1910–15; by erroneous association
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Word History and Origins

Origin of titivate1

C19: earlier tidivate, perhaps based on tidy and cultivate
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Example Sentences

"The sort of things that, dare I say, have been titivated up and had quite a bit of value added to them."

From BBC

There is something anxious, and very intriguing, in the degree of experimentation in this memoir, in its elaborately titivated sentences, its thicket of citations.

Sharp, salty and/or crunchy are the aims here, to titivate and offset the creamy avo.

“The majority were content to titivate or embellish their past.”

Meanwhile, their lustrous hair and glowing complexions suggest long spa weekends spent having their T-zones titivated by Aphrodite herself.

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