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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

verb (livened; livening) Date: 1884 transitive verb enliven — often used with up <he…livened up the editorial page — Current Biography> intransitive verb to become lively

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) colloq. brighten, cheer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(livens, livening, livened) • liven up 1. If a place or event livens up, or if something livens it up, it becomes more interesting and exciting. How could we decorate the room to liven it up?... The multicoloured rag rug was chosen to liven up the grey carpet... The arena livens up only on Saturdays and Sundays when a flea market is open there. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P 2. If people liven up, or if something livens them up, they become more cheerful and energetic. Talking about her daughters livens her up... George livens up after midnight, relaxing a little. = perk up PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P

Moby Thesaurus

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