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brisken

British

/ ˈbrɪskən /

verb

to make or become more lively or brisk

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Would you like something to brisken up the growth a bit?

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There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with.

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Ignoring Gusterson’s shiver, Fay straightened up and seemed to brisken himself.

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