Obs. [f. as prec. + -OR. Cf. OF. vivificateur, Sp. and Pg. vivificador.] One who or that which gives life, a vivifier.
a. 1555. Bradford, Wks. (Parker Soc.), 280. We … believe … the Holy Spirit to be the only Comforter, vivificator, counsellor, and master of all truth.
1648. Hexham, II. Levendigh maker, a Vivificatour.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, IV. II. viii. 449. If they had believed that this Spirit is both Lord, and Creator and Vivificator,… they might have had some convenient accesse to life.
