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Titivate Tih Tuh Vayt Verb Make Smarter Spruce Decorate Earlier

Titivate means to make smarter, spruce up, or decorate.

Titivate znamená udělat něco chytřejšího, uhladit nebo ozdobit.

Front titivate \TIH-tuh-vayt\
Back verb
To make smarter; to spruce up; to decorate.

[From earlier tidivate, perhaps from tidy + elevate. The word titillate is from Latin titillare (to tickle).]

"[Karen Kilimnik's] journey has been marked by theatricality -- such as putting small, roughly painted pictures in a Venetian palazzo titivated with flowers and feathers." - Philippa Stockley; A Wacky Take on the 18th Century; Evening Standard (London, UK); Feb 21, 2007.

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