enliven
verbEtymology
From life + en- -en (intensifying verbal circumfix). See liven.
Definitions
To give life or spirit to
To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
- The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.
- 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.
The neighborhood
- synonymanimate
- synonymarouse
- synonymawaken
- synonymbeghast
- synonymleaven
- synonymbright
- synonymbrighten
- synonymcheer
- synonymenergize
- synonymenliven
- synonymenthuse
- synonymexalt
- antonymcalm down
- antonymrelax
- antonymhose down
- antonymbenumb
- antonymde-energize
- antonymdeaden
- antonymdiminish
- antonymmuffle
- antonymsedate
- antonymsmother
- antonymstifle
- antonymsuppress
- neighboraffect
- neighborinfluence
- neighborgladden
- neighborincite
- neighborreinvigorate
- neighborrevive
- neighborfeague
Derived
enlivener, enliveningly, enlivenment, unenlivened, unenlivening
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at enliven. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at enliven. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at enliven
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA