"tittivate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tittivates [present, singular, third-person], tittivating [participle, present], tittivated [participle, past], tittivated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} tittivate (third-person singular simple present tittivates, present participle tittivating, simple past and past participle tittivated)
  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of titivate; to spruce up. Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: titivate (extra: to spruce up)
    Sense id: en-tittivate-en-verb-c5GWZi97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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