Word family noun liveliness living livelihood adjective live lively living liveable verb live outlive relive liven up adverb live
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlivenliv‧en /ˈlaɪvən/ verb → liven up→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
liven• And when I try to liven it up for you, you go back on me.• So what can you do to liven the place up in, like, an hour?• With its decorative evergreen leaves, this plant will liven up shaded areas.• A couple of locals, Benjamin Stewart and Maedell Dixon, liven up the minor parts of the doctor and his wife.• So why not liven up your current office or even trade off work spaces with colleagues from time to time?• A good sound board, for example, will really liven up your games and multimedia applications.Origin liven (1700-1800) life 