titivate

English - Turkish

Definition of titivate in English Turkish dictionary

çeki düzen vermek

toparlamak

{f} süsleyip püslemek

f., bak. titillate

{f} süslemek

süsle

{f} süslenmek

dili şıklaştırmak

English - English

Definition of titivate in English English dictionary

To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to

{f} dress up, adorn

to smarten up, to dress, to decorate

make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"

To dress or smarten up; to spruce

Related Terms

tittivate

Alternative spelling of titivate; to spruce up

Didn't you see how Joe had been tittivating ? - The Woman at the Store, from Selected Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield (first published in 1912).

titivated

past of titivate

titivates

third-person singular of titivate

titivating

present participle of titivate

titivation

sprucing up; making decorative additions to

tittivate

to spruce up

tittivate

To dress or smarten up; to spruce

tittivate

{f} dress up, adorn

Hyphenation

ti·ti·vate

Etymology

() Modification of earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words like cultivate and renovate.

Tenses

titivates, titivating, titivated