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titivate verb [ ˈtɪtɪveɪt ]

• make minor enhancements to.
• "she slapped on her warpaint and titivated her hair"
Similar: groom, tidy, arrange, brush, comb, smooth, smarten (up), spruce up, freshen (up), beautify, pretty, preen, primp, prink (up), doll up, tart up, gussy up, trig, plume,
Origin: early 19th century (in early use, also as tidivate ): perhaps from tidy, on the pattern of cultivate .


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