Liven

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  liven \liven\ v. t.
     to make lively; -- sometimes used with up; as, to liven up
     the party with some music.
  
     Syn: enliven, liven up, make lively, invigorate, animate.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  liven
       v : make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: {enliven},
            {liven up}, {invigorate}, {animate}] [ant: {deaden}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "liven":
     activate, animate, arouse, boost, brighten, buoy up, cheer,
     dynamize, electrify, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate,
     fire, galvanize, give a lift, gladden, hearten, inflame, inspire,
     inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, kindle, pep up, perk up, pick up,
     quicken, rejoice, rejoice the heart, rouse, snap up, stimulate,
     stir up, vitalize, vivify, warm, zip up