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titivate
1or tit·ti·vate
[ tit-uh-veyt ]
verb (used with object)
, tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing.
- 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.
- 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
- to smarten up (oneself or another), as by making up, doing the hair, etc
- tr to smarten up (a thing)
to titivate a restaurant
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Derived Forms
- ˈtitiˌvator, noun
- ˌtitiˈvation, noun
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Other Words From
- titi·vation noun
- titi·vator noun
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Word History and Origins
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
They said that when he saw the shearers coming he'd say, "Run and titivate yourself, Mary; here comes the shearers!"
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Let me go down and settle whilst you call in your black man and titivate a bit.
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I'll give them half an hour's study whilst you wash up the tea things and titivate.
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You titivate yourself, and we'll dine at the Savoy, or anywhere you please.
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Gravely and calmly he draws brushes and so on from a receptacle under the box-seat, and commences to titivate himself.
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