"enliven" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɛnˈlaɪvən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enliven.wav Forms: enlivens [present, singular, third-person], enlivening [participle, present], enlivened [participle, past], enlivened [past]
Rhymes: -aɪvən Etymology: From en- + life + -en (intensifying verbal circumfix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|en-|life|-en}} en- + life + -en, {{q|intensifying verbal circumfix}} (intensifying verbal circumfix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} enliven (third-person singular simple present enlivens, present participle enlivening, simple past and past participle enlivened)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-enliven-en-verb-u0rjvFtf
  2. (transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting. Tags: transitive Translations (to make more lively): оживявам (oživjavam) (Bulgarian), съживявам (sǎživjavam) (Bulgarian), oživit (Czech), elävöittää (Finnish), vilkastuttaa (Finnish), arrizar (Galician), avivar (Galician), beoigh (Irish), anima (Kabuverdianu), animá (Kabuverdianu), whakawana (Maori), whakahihiko (Maori), whakahari (Maori), avivar (Portuguese), înviora (Romanian), оживля́ть (oživljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оживи́ть (oživítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), beothaich (Scottish Gaelic), avivar (Spanish), amenizar (Spanish), liva upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-enliven-en-verb-rAahUqUm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms circumfixed with en- -en, English terms prefixed with en-, English terms suffixed with -en, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Kabuverdianu translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms circumfixed with en- -en: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Kabuverdianu translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'to make more lively': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: affect, influence Hyponyms: cheer up, incite, reinvigorate, revive, feague Derived forms: enlivener, enlivenment Related terms: animate, brighten, cheer up, invigorate, quicken, vitalize

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.",
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        {
          "ref": "1950 May, “A Tunisian Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 335:",
          "text": "Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "The pace came off the match as the first half continued, with the occasional frenetic moment down the flanks enlivening what otherwise became a chess-like tactical battle.",
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        "To make more lively, cheerful or interesting."
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        "(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting."
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          "word": "oživit"
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          "word": "elävöittää"
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          "word": "arrizar"
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          "word": "avivar"
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          "word": "anima"
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          "word": "animá"
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          "sense": "to make more lively",
          "word": "whakawana"
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          "word": "whakahihiko"
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          "word": "avivar"
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          "sense": "to make more lively",
          "word": "înviora"
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          "roman": "oživljátʹ",
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          "word": "оживля́ть"
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      "expansion": "(intensifying verbal circumfix)",
      "name": "q"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From en- + life + -en (intensifying verbal circumfix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "enlivens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enlivening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enlivened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enlivened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "enliven (third-person singular simple present enlivens, present participle enlivening, simple past and past participle enlivened)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "affect"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "influence"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "cheer up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "incite"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "reinvigorate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "revive"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "feague"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "animate"
    },
    {
      "word": "brighten"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheer up"
    },
    {
      "word": "invigorate"
    },
    {
      "word": "quicken"
    },
    {
      "word": "vitalize"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "revive",
          "revive"
        ],
        [
          "animate",
          "animate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950 May, “A Tunisian Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 335:",
          "text": "Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "The pace came off the match as the first half continued, with the occasional frenetic moment down the flanks enlivening what otherwise became a chess-like tactical battle.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make more lively, cheerful or interesting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lively",
          "lively"
        ],
        [
          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ],
        [
          "interesting",
          "interesting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈlaɪvən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪvən"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "liven"
    },
    {
      "word": "liven up"
    },
    {
      "word": "vivify"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "animate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "arouse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "awaken"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "beghast"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "brighten"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "energize"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "enliven"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "enthuse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "exalt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "excite"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "ginger"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "ginger up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "invigorate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "inspire"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "inspirit"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "jazz"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "perk up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "quicken"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "spice"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "spice up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "stimulate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:enliven",
      "word": "vitalise"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oživjavam",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "оживявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎživjavam",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "съживявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "oživit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "elävöittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "vilkastuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "arrizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "avivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "beoigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "anima"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "animá"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "whakawana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "whakahihiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "whakahari"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "avivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "înviora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oživljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оживля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oživítʹ",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оживи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "beothaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "avivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "amenizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make more lively",
      "word": "liva upp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enliven"
}

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