Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Enliven

Enliven , transitive verb

[Prefix en- + liven.]

1.
To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.
Lo! of themselves th' enlivened chessmen move. — Cowley
2.
To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.