Liven

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or become more lively: liven up a party; a discussion that livened up.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cause to be more lively.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. to make lively; -- sometimes used with up.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put life into; enliven; make more brisk; rouse: generally with up: as, to liven up a fire, or a despondent person.
  • To become lively or more lively; generally with up: as, he livened up a bit after dinner.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make lively
  • Verb Form
    livened    livening    livens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    energise    brace    arouse    perk up    stimulate    energize   
    Cross Reference
    feed    dwell    float   
    Hyponym
    juice up    spirit up    pep up    ginger up    jazz up    inspirit    spirit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    enliven    liven up    make lively    invigorate    animate    living    energetic    burning    electrified    loaded   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ivan    enliven    iven