liven

== English == === Etymology 1 === Partly from life +‎ -en; partly from live (adjective) +‎ -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic lifna (“to come to life”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlaɪvən/ Rhymes: -aɪvən ==== 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. Synonyms: liven up; see also Thesaurus:enliven 1958: Marco Polo, Ronald Latham (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo Instead of the picturesque fables* that liven the pages of ‘Sir John Mandeville’ and of many more authentic travellers, he gives us no less picturesque facts, and facts in great abundance. 1979: The American School Board Journal, volume 166, no. 1, January 1979, published by the National School Boards Association, caption to an image in the May 1979 section Visiting professionals frequently liven the day at the Elm Creative Arts School. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English liven, equivalent to live +‎ -en. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlɪvən/ Rhymes: -ɪvən ==== Verb ==== liven (obsolete) plural simple present of live === Anagrams === Elvin, Levin, Nevil, V line, V-line, levin, v-line == Esperanto == === Etymology === From live (“on the left”) + -n (lative ending). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliven/ Rhymes: -iven Syllabification: li‧ven === Adverb === liven (neologism) to the left Synonym: maldekstren Antonym: dekstren == Middle English == === Verb === liven alternative form of lyven == Swedish == === Noun === liven definite plural of liv == West Frisian == === Noun === liven plural of liif