verb (used with object), vi·tal·ized, vi·tal·iz·ing. to give life to; make vital. to give vitality or vigor to; animate. verb (tr) to make vital, living, or alive; endow with life or vigour v.1670s, "to give life to," from vital + -ize. Figurative sense by 1805. Related: Vitalized; vitalizing.
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