Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make lively or spirited; animate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken.
- transitive verb To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To give
life orspirit to; torevive oranimate . - verb transitive To make more
lively ,cheerful orinteresting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb heighten or intensify
- verb make lively
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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It doesn't "enliven" the literary debate, it only debases it.
Book Reviewing 2010
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New harvests rife to glad th 'enliven'd (_g_) lawn.
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Certain yoga poses are aimed to "enliven" specific organs in the body, Kendall explained.
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It's all part of the Metrotech Business Improvement District's campaign to "enliven" the construction sites, much like the art pieces that fill the abandoned, unused storefronts on Willoughby Street near Duffield and Gold streets
NY Post: News 2010
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One of those ideas was to "enliven" the parks and create ways for the community to come together during the wintertime.
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The filver flood that in meanders led His glittering ilreams along th 'enliven'd mead;
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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Additionally, reopening the park will help enliven what can and should be a more pedestrian-friendly intersection than it is now.
Joel Epstein: Bundy and Santa Monica, Tear Down This Fence Joel Epstein 2011
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Additionally, reopening the park will help enliven what can and should be a more pedestrian-friendly intersection than it is now.
Joel Epstein: Bundy and Santa Monica, Tear Down This Fence Joel Epstein 2011
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There is no soul to illuminate and no spirit to enliven -- just dead, decadent flesh.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Is Godlessness Dooming Britain? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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