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UK
/ɛnlˈaɪvən/
]
[ US /ɛnˈɫaɪvən/ ]
[ US /ɛnˈɫaɪvən/ ]
VERB
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make lively
let's liven up this room a bit -
heighten or intensify
These paintings exalt the imagination
How To Use enliven In A Sentence
- I have returned to campus enlivened by a sense of professional renewal, and I have developed course syllabi, assignments, and activities that incorporate many ideas from my fellowship experiences.
- A stroll down a supermarket aisle is enlivened by signs such as this one: June « 2009 « Sentence first
- Sironi's peer in sculpture was Arturo Martini, who also used archaic forms to enliven the classical tradition in search of a non-rhetorical Fascist style.
- a life unenlivened by romance
- Drawings, paintings, photographs, charts, schematics and maps enliven technical discussions of building sequences that might tax a nonexpert. The Times Literary Supplement
- His complex philosophies are enlivened by often hilarious cracks. Times, Sunday Times
- The mid-afternoon sun shone down from a sky only occasionally enlivened by the odd fluffy cloud.
- It's unfortunate, however, that he has to rely on jaded Irish clichés of booze and blarney to enliven a story that is powerful enough to survive on its own merits.
- They exchanged banter over their desks, argued about clients and enlivened their team meetings with fierce exchanges. Times, Sunday Times
- Does that enliven the visitorial jurisdiction we have, or what do we do with it?