VIV'ID, a. [L. vividus, from vivo, to live.] 1. Lively; sprightly; active.Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly vivid faculties to exert themselves in.2. Lively; sprightly; forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; as a vivid imagination.3. Bright; strong; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; as the vivid colors of the rainbow; the vivid green of flourishing vegetables.Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine.
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