LIVEN

enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate

(verb) make lively; ā€œletā€™s liven up this room a bitā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

liven (third-person singular simple present livens, present participle livening, simple past and past participle livened)

(ambitransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.

Synonym: liven up

Etymology 2

Verb

liven

(obsolete) plural simple present of live

Anagrams

• Elvin, Levin, Nevil, V line, V-line, levin, v-line

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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Coffee Trivia

The word ā€œcoffeeā€ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch ā€œkoffie,ā€ borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish ā€œkahve,ā€ borrowed in turn from the Arabic ā€œqahwah.ā€ The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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