[f. ENLIVEN v. + -ING2.] That enlivens; in the senses of the verb.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., iv. 9. The sincere doctrine and enlivening spirit of the Gospel of Christ.
1746–7. Hervey, Medit. (1818), 107. Does the grape refresh you with its enlivening juices?
c. 1790. Imison, Sch. Arts, I. 105. This enlivening quality in air is also destroyed by the air’s passing through fire.
1862. Burton, Bk.-Hunter, I. 34. The enlivening talk has made a guest forget ‘The lang Scots miles.’
Hence Enliveningly, adv.
1867. Morning Star, 19 July. The people … became more numerous, and at times enliveningly demonstrative.
