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.