Usually means: Make more energetic or lively.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word liven:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. liven: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. liven: Merriam-Webster
  3. liven: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. liven: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. liven: Collins English Dictionary
  6. liven: Vocabulary.com
  7. Liven, liven: Wordnik
  8. liven: Wiktionary
  9. liven: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. liven: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. liven: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. liven: Dictionary.com
  13. liven: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. liven: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. liven: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. liven: Rhymezone
  17. liven: FreeDictionary.org
  18. liven: Mnemonic Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. liven: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. liven: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See livened as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (liven)

▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.

Similar:
liven up, invigorate, enliven, animate, lifen, vivify, vivificate, bring to life, brighten, vitalise, more...

Opposite:
dead, dull, lifeless, unexciting

Types:
enliven, animate, vivify, invigorate, stimulate, more...

Phrases:
liven up, opposite of liven up, more...

Colors:
    bright yellow,     electric blue,     neon green,     hot pink,     vivid red, more...


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Similar:
liven up, invigorate, enliven, animate, lifen, vivify, vivificate, bring to life, brighten, vitalise, more...

Opposite:
dead, dull, lifeless, unexciting

Types:
enliven, animate, vivify, invigorate, stimulate, more...

Phrases:
liven up, opposite of liven up, more...

Colors:
    bright yellow,     electric blue,     neon green,     hot pink,     vivid red, more...



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