Definition of titivate in English:

titivate

verb ˈtɪtɪveɪtˈtɪdəˌveɪt

[with object]

1Make minor enhancements to.
she slapped on her warpaint and titivated her hair
她随便涂了点化妆品，理了理头发。
Example sentencesExamples
- She started titivating, moving the furniture slightly, adjusting the curtains.
- If we're recovering furniture, go for a sensible (no, it's not a dirty word) hard-wearing fabric and titivate the look with cushions.
- In the meantime, the review, a fine piece, primps and titivates my fancy, in much the same way that a sorbet readies the palate before the main course arrives.
- It was nice to get home in the daylight, and have time to titivate the garden before tea.
- Wigs for the dolls are imported ready styled, but of course they can be titivated to suit and the long wigs can be plaited.
Synonyms
groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten (up), spruce up, freshen (up), beautify, pretty, preen, primp, prink (up)
informal doll up, tart up
North American informal gussy up
archaic trig, plume
1. 1.1titivate oneself Make oneself look smart.
  打扮
  he was titivating himself, slicking his hair and freshening his breath
  no object Grace had titivated in the bathroom
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then on the Saturday night I went to bed very early as I knew realistically I needed to get up at 6am to allow time to titivate myself to get down to Selfridges on time.
  Given that, at Christmas, the world is full of beautiful women titivating themselves, I think my malaise is understandable.
  I need to go upstairs and titivate myself before hard-working husband's return.
  Eventually it would have notes, photos, and cards wedged into its frame to keep me company while I titivated myself before the show.
  In this discussion, attempt is devoted to discern the political symbolism he should now titivate himself with in the light of fulfilling the presidential rite of passage.
  Synonyms
  have a wash, wash oneself, bathe, shower

Usage

The verbs titillate and titivate sound alike but do not have the same meaning. Titillate, a far commoner word, means ‘stimulate or excite’, as in the press are paid to titillate the public. Titivate, on the other hand, means ‘adorn or smarten up’, as in she titivated her hair

Derivatives

titivation

noun tɪtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n

While I underwent the titivations, the suit had been pressed.
Example sentencesExamples
- To ask who should be there is not just a protocol question for the titivation of social secretaries.
- Of course, we'll be so busy preparing for this damn party (final unpackings as we assemble newly arrived furniture, last-minute house and garden titivations, shopping etc), I'm not sure I'll have time to blog before Monday.
- He stays in the kitchen, supervising the ‘pass’, where the plates get their final titivation before going to the waiters.
- However it may be difficult to increase rental levels to any significant degree without some titivation of the building.

Origin

Early 19th century (in early use, also as tidivate): perhaps from tidy, on the pattern of cultivate.

tide from Old English:
In Old English a tide was a period or season, a sense surviving in Eastertide and Shrovetide, and it was not used in connection with the sea until the later medieval period. The saying time and tide wait for no man originally referred just to time, with tide used as a repetition of the sense to add emphasis. Despite the great difference in their contemporary meanings, tidy (Middle English) is from tide. Right up to the early 18th century it meant ‘timely, seasonable, opportune’, and acquired its current sense via the uses ‘attractive, good-looking’ and ‘good, pleasing’ around 1700. Perhaps based on tidy is the verb titivate which in the early 19th century was also spelt tidivate.

Definition of titivate in US English:

titivate

verbˈtɪdəˌveɪtˈtidəˌvāt

[with object]

1Make small enhancing alterations to (something)
〈非正式〉对…略加整理（或装扮）
she slapped on her warpaint and titivated her hair
她随便涂了点化妆品，理了理头发。
Example sentencesExamples
- If we're recovering furniture, go for a sensible (no, it's not a dirty word) hard-wearing fabric and titivate the look with cushions.
- Wigs for the dolls are imported ready styled, but of course they can be titivated to suit and the long wigs can be plaited.
- In the meantime, the review, a fine piece, primps and titivates my fancy, in much the same way that a sorbet readies the palate before the main course arrives.
- It was nice to get home in the daylight, and have time to titivate the garden before tea.
- She started titivating, moving the furniture slightly, adjusting the curtains.
Synonyms
groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, freshen, freshen up, beautify, pretty, preen, primp, prink, prink up
1. 1.1titivate oneself Make oneself look attractive.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Given that, at Christmas, the world is full of beautiful women titivating themselves, I think my malaise is understandable.
  In this discussion, attempt is devoted to discern the political symbolism he should now titivate himself with in the light of fulfilling the presidential rite of passage.
  Eventually it would have notes, photos, and cards wedged into its frame to keep me company while I titivated myself before the show.
  I need to go upstairs and titivate myself before hard-working husband's return.
  Then on the Saturday night I went to bed very early as I knew realistically I needed to get up at 6am to allow time to titivate myself to get down to Selfridges on time.
  Synonyms
  have a wash, wash oneself, bathe, shower

Usage

The verbs titillate and titivate sound alike but do not have the same meaning. Titillate, a much more common word, means ‘stimulate or excite,’ as in the press are paid to titillate the public. Titivate, on the other hand, means ‘adorn or smarten up,’ as in she titivated her hair

Origin

Early 19th century (in early use, also as tidivate): perhaps from tidy, on the pattern of cultivate.

词汇	titivate
释义	Definition of titivate in English: titivate verb ˈtɪtɪveɪtˈtɪdəˌveɪt [with object] 1Make minor enhancements to. she slapped on her warpaint and titivated her hair 她随便涂了点化妆品，理了理头发。 Example sentencesExamples She started titivating, moving the furniture slightly, adjusting the curtains. If we're recovering furniture, go for a sensible (no, it's not a dirty word) hard-wearing fabric and titivate the look with cushions. In the meantime, the review, a fine piece, primps and titivates my fancy, in much the same way that a sorbet readies the palate before the main course arrives. It was nice to get home in the daylight, and have time to titivate the garden before tea. Wigs for the dolls are imported ready styled, but of course they can be titivated to suit and the long wigs can be plaited. Synonyms groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten (up), spruce up, freshen (up), beautify, pretty, preen, primp, prink (up) informal doll up, tart up North American informal gussy up archaic trig, plume 1.1titivate oneself Make oneself look smart. 打扮 he was titivating himself, slicking his hair and freshening his breath no object Grace had titivated in the bathroom Example sentencesExamples Then on the Saturday night I went to bed very early as I knew realistically I needed to get up at 6am to allow time to titivate myself to get down to Selfridges on time. Given that, at Christmas, the world is full of beautiful women titivating themselves, I think my malaise is understandable. I need to go upstairs and titivate myself before hard-working husband's return. Eventually it would have notes, photos, and cards wedged into its frame to keep me company while I titivated myself before the show. In this discussion, attempt is devoted to discern the political symbolism he should now titivate himself with in the light of fulfilling the presidential rite of passage. Synonyms have a wash, wash oneself, bathe, shower Usage The verbs titillate and titivate sound alike but do not have the same meaning. Titillate, a far commoner word, means ‘stimulate or excite’, as in the press are paid to titillate the public. Titivate, on the other hand, means ‘adorn or smarten up’, as in she titivated her hair Derivatives titivation noun tɪtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n While I underwent the titivations, the suit had been pressed. Example sentencesExamples To ask who should be there is not just a protocol question for the titivation of social secretaries. Of course, we'll be so busy preparing for this damn party (final unpackings as we assemble newly arrived furniture, last-minute house and garden titivations, shopping etc), I'm not sure I'll have time to blog before Monday. He stays in the kitchen, supervising the ‘pass’, where the plates get their final titivation before going to the waiters. However it may be difficult to increase rental levels to any significant degree without some titivation of the building. Origin Early 19th century (in early use, also as tidivate): perhaps from tidy, on the pattern of cultivate. tide from Old English: In Old English a tide was a period or season, a sense surviving in Eastertide and Shrovetide, and it was not used in connection with the sea until the later medieval period. The saying time and tide wait for no man originally referred just to time, with tide used as a repetition of the sense to add emphasis. Despite the great difference in their contemporary meanings, tidy (Middle English) is from tide. Right up to the early 18th century it meant ‘timely, seasonable, opportune’, and acquired its current sense via the uses ‘attractive, good-looking’ and ‘good, pleasing’ around 1700. Perhaps based on tidy is the verb titivate which in the early 19th century was also spelt tidivate. Definition of titivate in US English: titivate verbˈtɪdəˌveɪtˈtidəˌvāt [with object] 1Make small enhancing alterations to (something) 〈非正式〉对…略加整理（或装扮） she slapped on her warpaint and titivated her hair 她随便涂了点化妆品，理了理头发。 Example sentencesExamples If we're recovering furniture, go for a sensible (no, it's not a dirty word) hard-wearing fabric and titivate the look with cushions. Wigs for the dolls are imported ready styled, but of course they can be titivated to suit and the long wigs can be plaited. In the meantime, the review, a fine piece, primps and titivates my fancy, in much the same way that a sorbet readies the palate before the main course arrives. It was nice to get home in the daylight, and have time to titivate the garden before tea. She started titivating, moving the furniture slightly, adjusting the curtains. Synonyms groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, freshen, freshen up, beautify, pretty, preen, primp, prink, prink up 1.1titivate oneself Make oneself look attractive. Example sentencesExamples Given that, at Christmas, the world is full of beautiful women titivating themselves, I think my malaise is understandable. In this discussion, attempt is devoted to discern the political symbolism he should now titivate himself with in the light of fulfilling the presidential rite of passage. Eventually it would have notes, photos, and cards wedged into its frame to keep me company while I titivated myself before the show. I need to go upstairs and titivate myself before hard-working husband's return. Then on the Saturday night I went to bed very early as I knew realistically I needed to get up at 6am to allow time to titivate myself to get down to Selfridges on time. Synonyms have a wash, wash oneself, bathe, shower Usage The verbs titillate and titivate sound alike but do not have the same meaning. Titillate, a much more common word, means ‘stimulate or excite,’ as in the press are paid to titillate the public. Titivate, on the other hand, means ‘adorn or smarten up,’ as in she titivated her hair Origin Early 19th century (in early use, also as tidivate): perhaps from tidy, on the pattern of cultivate.
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