Livening

ppl. a. [f. LIVEN v. + -ING².] a. That enlivens or cheers; cheering. b. That grows lively or bright.

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1705. Elstob, in Hearne, Collect., 30 Nov. (O. H. S.), I. 107. Helpd by y^e livening Virtue of y^e Sun.

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1866. Blackmore, Cradock Nowell, i. (1873), 2. The blackcocks lift their necks in the livening heather.

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