enliven
verb /ɪnˈlaɪvn/
/ɪnˈlaɪvn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enliven | /ɪnˈlaɪvn/ /ɪnˈlaɪvn/ |
| he / she / it enlivens | /ɪnˈlaɪvnz/ /ɪnˈlaɪvnz/ |
| past simple enlivened | /ɪnˈlaɪvnd/ /ɪnˈlaɪvnd/ |
| past participle enlivened | /ɪnˈlaɪvnd/ /ɪnˈlaɪvnd/ |
| -ing form enlivening | /ɪnˈlaɪvnɪŋ/ /ɪnˈlaɪvnɪŋ/ |
- enliven something to make something more interesting or more funWord Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘restore to life, give life to’; formerly also as inliven): from 16th-cent. enlive, inlive (in the same sense), from en-, in- (as an intensifier) + life.