What Does Titivates Mean?

Titivate, spruce, smarten, and spiff all mean "to make a person or thing neater or more attractive." Titivate often refers to making small additions or alterations in attire ("titivate the costume with sequins and other accessories"), but it can also be used figuratively (as in "titivating the script for Broadway").

How do you use Titivate in a sentence?

It was nice to get home in the daylight, and have time to titivate the garden before tea. I need to go upstairs and titivate myself before my hard-working husband's return. If we're recovering furniture, go for a sensible hard-wearing fabric and titivate the look with cushions.

What are the two meanings of spruce?

: neat or smart in appearance : trim. spruce. noun. plural spruces also spruce.