Synonyms for enliven
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-lahy-vuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈlaɪ vən |
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Définition of enliven
Origin :- 1630s, "give life to" (enlive in same sense is from 1590s); see en- (1) "make, put in" + life + -en (1). Meaning "make lively or cheerful" is from 1690s. Related: Enlivened; enlivening.
- verb inspire, vitalize
- Aunt Rosine had put a spray of lilac in her bonnet, "to enliven her mourning," as she said.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Every evening, as previously, Pierre strove to enliven him with an account of his strolls.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- It is in your power to make their bed of down, and to enliven the ground they have yet to traverse with flowers.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- She wanted to enliven the Abbe and to draw him out of his melancholy moodiness.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- But Curly had no desire to enliven things, and went on quite seriously.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The horse, standing with drooping head, does not enliven the picture.
- Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- It was an old story, and with very few variations to enliven it.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- But most of all, there must be something to quicken, enliven, practise the soul.
- Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson
- Not a solitary vestige of anything green was there to enliven the barrenness.
- Extract from : « Culm Rock » by Glance Gaylord
- We need to clarify our ideals, and enliven our vision of perfection.
- Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
Antonyms for enliven
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