Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to liven
Participle: livened
Gerund: livening
Indicative
Present
| I | liven |
| you | liven |
| he;she;it | livens |
| we | liven |
| you | liven |
| they | liven |
Perfect
| I | have livened |
| you | have livened |
| he;she;it | has livened |
| we | have livened |
| you | have livened |
| they | have livened |
Past
| I | livened |
| you | livened |
| he;she;it | livened |
| we | livened |
| you | livened |
| they | livened |
Pluperfect
| I | had livened |
| you | had livened |
| he;she;it | had livened |
| we | had livened |
| you | had livened |
| they | had livened |
Future
| I | will liven |
| you | will liven |
| he;she;it | will liven |
| we | will liven |
| you | will liven |
| they | will liven |
Future Perfect
| I | will have livened |
| you | will have livened |
| he;she;it | will have livened |
| we | will have livened |
| you | will have livened |
| they | will have livened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | liven |
| you | liven |
| he;she;it | liven |
| we | liven |
| you | liven |
| they | liven |
Perfect
| I | have livened |
| you | have livened |
| he;she;it | have livened |
| we | have livened |
| you | have livened |
| they | have livened |
Imperfect
| I | livened |
| you | livened |
| he;she;it | livened |
| we | livened |
| you | livened |
| they | livened |
Pluperfect
| I | had livened |
| you | had livened |
| he;she;it | had livened |
| we | had livened |
| you | had livened |
| they | had livened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would liven |
| you | would liven |
| he;she;it | would liven |
| we | would liven |
| you | would liven |
| they | would liven |
Perfect
| I | would have livened |
| you | would have livened |
| he;she;it | would have livened |
| we | would have livened |
| you | would have livened |
| they | would have livened |
Imperative
| you | liven |
| we | Let's liven |
| you | liven |
Verbs conjugated like 'liven'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'liven'
leven,
lifen,
liken,
live,
alien,
bive,
civet,
clive,
daven,
dive,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
- animate, awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven up, pique, provoke, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
- to cause to become more lively and energetic
- animate, beghast, brighten, energize, enliven, enthuse, exalt, excite, ginger up, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz, liven up, perk up, quicken, spice, spice up, vitalise
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”). See: Norwegian, nynorsk '
livna', Faroese '
livna', Icelandic '
lifna'.
Sample Sentences
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Let's liven up this party!
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Bacon's Rebellion (p. 54) has no political meaning for Mr. Bruce. Champlain's fight with the Iroquois is told to liven the narrative with a fight (p. 36), but the far-reaching result is merely hinted in a manner that means nothing to one who doesn't know. The ideals and purposes of the Jesuits are not mentioned. [1905, The American Historical Review, the American Historical Association, page 380:]
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[…] and he fought for others' banners,
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And he dined at others' tables, and he droned in others' hives,
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And he livened others' journeys, and he rhymed of others' tourneys,
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And he emptied others' flagons, and he flirted others' wives. [1930, Bim Sherman, The Century:]
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1958: Marco Polo, Ronald Latham (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo
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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.
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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
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Visiting professionals frequently liven the day at the Elm Creative Arts School.
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Anacreon […] celebrated wine and love and must have been a rousing fellow. Probably he livened heaven when he arrived. [1997, David Nevin, 1812:]
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[…] to invigorate and liven the spirits. [2003, Sarah Garland, The Herb Garden, page 69:]
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The fact of this made him realize he had a story. He livened. Father was washed overboard, Rupert said. He was going through the water like a duck. [2005, Michael Winter, The Big Why: A Novel:]