enliven
verb (used with object)
to make vigorous or active; invigorate.
enlivenment
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a word derived from
enliven.
Example Sentences
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The only enlivenment was the appearance of the 19-year-old Dalai Lama, escorted out of Tibet by a Red general three weeks ago as thousands of his subjects wept and prostrated themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet there were sweet chains in the little hands that held her gown, and in the thought of the lonely old man who depended on her for enlivenment.
From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu was an insatiable devotee of society, and abounded with a fund of mirth for the enlivenment of the dullest company.
From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James
"That's what you've got to blow to call us in," exclaimed a small child, with anticipative enlivenment.
From Cape Cod Folks by Sarah P. McLean Greene
She got to know Fox and Henrietta very well, which was a continual joy and enlivenment.
From Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins
