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LIVEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make lively

Example:

let's liven up this room a bit

Synonyms:

animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "liven" is one way to...):

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liven"):

ginger up; jazz up; juice up; pep up (make more interesting or lively)

inspirit; spirit; spirit up (infuse with spirit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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