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.
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v. heighten or intensify
v. make lively
Word Usage
"Even the studious turn of Eugenia, hitherto his first delight, he now thought served but to render her unsociable and the time she devoted to study, he began to regret as lost to himself; nor could he suggest any possible consolation for his drooping spirits, till it occurred to him that Camilla might again enliven him."