Word Meanings - ENLIVEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire. Lo! of themselves th' enlivened chessmen move. Cowley. 2. To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful;

Additional info about word: ENLIVEN

1. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire. Lo! of themselves th' enlivened chessmen move. Cowley. 2. To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music. Syn. -- To animate; rouse; inspire; cheer; encourage; comfort; exhilarate; inspirit; invigorate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENLIVEN)

• Animate
• Enliven
• Inspirit
• instigate
• quicken
• exhilarate
• embolden
• rouse
• revivify
• cheer
• gladden
• stir
• prompt
• incite
• stimulate
• Inspire
• inspirit
• inflame
• imbue
• impel
• encourage
• inhale
• enliven
• breathe in
• infuse
• Rejoice
• Delight
• glory
• exult
• joy
• triumph
• delight
• revel
• be glad
• please
• gratify

Related words: (words related to ENLIVEN)

• PROMPT-BOOK
  The book used by a prompter of a theater.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• INFLAMER
  The person or thing that inflames. Addison.
• REVELLENT
  Causing revulsion; revulsive. -- n.
• IMPELLENT
  An impelling power or force. Glanvill.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• QUICKEN
  1. To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. Ray. And keener lightnings quicken in her
• INFLAMED
  Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. (more info) 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
• PROMPTLY
  In a prompt manner.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• INHALENT
  Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana.
• PROMPT
  1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. Jer. Taylor. 2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt
• REVELATION
  1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. The act of revealing divine truth. That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• EXULTING
  Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.
• TRIUMPHANTLY
  In a triumphant manner.
• CHEERER
  One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.
• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• ENQUICKEN
  To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
• ROUSE
  To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
• TROUSERING
  Cloth or material for making trousers.
• TROUSE
  Trousers. Spenser.
• DISINFLAME
  To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.
• REVEL
  See REVEAL
• OVERPLEASE
  To please excessively.