Enliven

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make lively or spirited; animate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
  • v. To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken.
  • v. To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give life, action, or motion to; make vigorous or active; vivify; quicken.
  • To give spirit or vivacity to; animate; make sprightly, gay, or cheerful.
  • Synonyms To exhilarate, cheer, inspirit, gladden, invigorate, rouse, wake up.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. heighten or intensify
  • v. make lively
  • Verb Form
    enlivened    enlivening    enlivens   
    Cross Reference
    cheer    animated    cheer up    animate    vitalize    quicken    brighten    invigorate   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    encourage    rouse    animate    cheer    exhilarate    comfort    inspirit    inspire    invigorate    liven up   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ivan    iven    liven