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Enliven vs Unenlivening - What's the difference?

enliven | unenlivening |

As a verb enliven

is to give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.

As an adjective unenlivening is

not enlivening.

enliven

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
  • To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
    • The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.

    Synonyms

    * liven * liven up

    Derived terms

    * enlivener * enlivenment

    See also

    * animate * brighten * cheer up * invigorate * quicken * vitalize

    References

    unenlivening

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not enlivening.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1877, author=Bret Harte, title=The Story of a Mine, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=There were books with dreary, unenlivening titles,--egotistic always, as recording Smith's opinions on this, and Jones's commentaries on that. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1904, author=Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond), title=The Magnetic North, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=These unenlivening calculations were catching. }}