Enliven: alternatives and connections

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

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To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.

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Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.

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One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.

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To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

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To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

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To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

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