Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
VIVIFY
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
(verb) give new life or energy to; “A hot soup will revive me”; “This will renovate my spirits”; “This treatment repaired my health”
vivify
(verb) make more striking or animated; “his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vivify (third-person singular simple present vivifies, present participle vivifying, simple past and past participle vivified)
(transitive) To bring to life; to enliven.
(transitive) To impart vitality.
Source: Wiktionary
Viv"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vivified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vivifying.] Etym: [F. vivifier, L. vivificare. See Vivid, -fy; cf. Vivificate.]
Definition: To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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