All liven synonyms
livΒ·en
L l verb liven
- bring to life β to bring back to consciousness
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- inspire β to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- hearten β to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- step up β effecting an increase.
- accelerate β If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- revitalize β to give new life to.
- activate β If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- arouse β If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- vivify β to give life to; animate; quicken.
- quicken β to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- incite β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- revive β to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
- revivify β to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
- gladden β to make glad.
- stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- fire β combustion
- inspirit β to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- spark β Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918β2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland.
- rouse β to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- spur β a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- vitalize β to give life to; make vital.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- inform β to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- cheer β When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
- kindle β (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- spring β String PRocessING language
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- pique β a fabric of cotton, spun rayon, or silk, woven lengthwise with raised cords.
- animate β Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- motivate β to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- goad β a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- galvanize β to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- precipitate β to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- awaken β To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- refresh β to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
- innervate β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.