Vivify

I subscribe to a word-a-day email from dictionary.com. Yesterday's word was "vivify." Here is the content of the email message I received:

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Word of the DayMonday, February 12, 2007
vivify \VIV-uh-fy\, transitive verb: 1. To endue with life; to make alive; to animate.2. To make more lively or intense.

Vivify comes from French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificare, from Latin vivus, alive.

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Vivify is a great word for what God asks us to do as teachers! We're helping the Word come alive for people!