Titivate

·add. ·vt & ·vi ·Alt. of Tittivate.

to titivate
To dress up. 'To titivate oneself,' is to make one's toilet. Provincial in various parts of England....

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
titivate, to
or titivate off to the nines. To freshen the paint-work; to put into the highest kelter. ...

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