vivify🔊

She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.

[T]he sculptor lifted it [a round block of stone], turned it hither and thither in his hands, brushed off the clinging soil, and finally placed it on the slender neck of the newly discovered statue. The effect was magical. It immediately lighted up and vivified the whole figure, endowing it with personality, soul, and intelligence.