Liven vs Cheer - What's the difference?
liven | cheer |
(transitive, and, intransitive) To cause to be more lively.
* 1905 : The American Historical Review , published by the American Historical Association, page 380
* 1930 : Bim Sherman, The Century
* 1958 : Marco Polo, Ronald Latham (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo
* 1979 : The American School Board Journal'', volume 166, ? 1, January 1979, published by the ''National School Boards Association , caption to an image in the May 1979 section
* 1997 : David Nevin, 1812
* 2003 , Sarah Garland, The Herb Garden , page 69
* 2001 , Nick Tosches, Cut Numbers: A Novel
* 2005 : Michael Winter, The Big Why: A Novel
(obsolete) The face.
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*:And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery kny?t took the way that hym lyked best
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*:Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere , and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes.
(obsolete) One's expression or countenance.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , V.7:
*:‘thorough evill rest of this last night, / Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be; / That by your change of cheare is easie for to see.’
(archaic) One's attitude, mood.
*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) VI:
*:And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere , it is I, be not afrayed.
*Holinshed
*:The parentsfled away with heavy cheer .
(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; gaiety; mirth.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.
That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment.
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*:Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street.
A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up .
To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
* Dryden
(ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
As a verb liven
is (transitive|and|intransitive) to cause to be more lively.As a noun cheer is
land, country, state, territory, shore.liven
English
Verb
(en verb)- Let's liven up this party!
- Bacon's Rebellion (p. 54) has no political meaning for Mr. Bruce. Champlain's fight with the Iroquois is told to liven the narrative with a fight (p. 36), but the far-reaching result is merely hinted in a manner that means nothing to one who doesn't know. The ideals and purposes of the Jesuits are not mentioned.
- ... ''and he fought for others' banners,
- And he dined at others' tables, and he droned in others' hives,
- And he livened others' journeys, and he rhymed of others' tourneys,
- And he emptied others' flagons, and he flirted others' wives.
- Instead of the picturesque fables* that liven the pages of ‘Sir John Mandeville’ and of many more authentic travellers, he gives us no less picturesque facts, and facts in great abundance.
- Visiting professionals frequently liven the day at the Elm Creative Arts School.
- Anacreon'' [...] ''celebrated wine and love and must have been a rousing fellow. Probably he livened heaven when he arrived.
- ... and to invigorate and liven the spirits.
- “It was all those suspendeds since the time before that fucked me.” ''[sic]'' Then he livened , and he actually did manage to smile. “It was Secaucus, ...
- The fact of this made him realize he had a story. He livened . Father was washed overboard, Rupert said. He was going through the water like a duck.
Synonyms
* liven upAnagrams
* * ----cheer
English
Noun
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Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
- We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea.
- The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered .
- The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.
- The crowd cheered the athletes.