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1. Giving spirit and vivacity
   "Enlivening family life becomes more human and alive is not only a matter of individual growth"
   - animating

1. Heighten or intensify
   "These paintings enliven the imagination"
   - inspire, animate, invigorate, exalt
    
2. Make lively
   - liven, liven up, invigorate, animate

See also: enlivener, invigorating

Type of: arouse, brace, energise [Brit], energize, excite, perk up, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Antonym: deaden