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enlive

enlive verb: to enliven.

Verb

enlive (third-person singular simple present enlives, present participle enliving, simple past and past participle enlived)

  1. (archaic) To enliven.

Forms of enlive

third-person singular presentenlives
present participleenliving
past participleenlived
pastenlived

Origin of enlive

Alteration of earlier inlive, from in- + live (adjective).

Questions about enlive

What does enlive mean?
Enlive means to enliven.
What part of speech is enlive?
Enlive is a verb.
What is the past tense of enlive?
The past tense of enlive is enlived.

Words near enlive in the dictionary

  1. enlisting
  2. enlistment
  3. enlistments
  4. enlists
  5. enlit
  6. enlive
  7. enlived
  8. enliven
  9. enlivened
  10. enlivener
  11. enliveners

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