the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. to become brisk.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To be or become brisk, active, or lively.
To make brisk or lively.
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v. become brisk
Word Usage
"There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with."