titivate

Verb

Verb Forms: titivated, titivating, titivates

To make small improvements to one's appearance; to dress smartly.
make neat, smart, or trim
- "titivate the child"
To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.

Examples

She would often TITIVATE her rack of letters, hoping a better arrangement would inspire a word.

Origin / Etymology

Modification of earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words like cultivate and renovate.

Synonyms

slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, tittivate

Scrabble Score: 11

titivate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
titivate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
titivate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

titivate: valid Words With Friends Word