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ENLIVENER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enlivener mean?
• ENLIVENER (noun)
The noun ENLIVENER has 1 sense:
1. an agent that gives or restores life or vigor
Familiarity information: ENLIVENER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agent that gives or restores life or vigor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
enlivener; invigorator; quickener
Context example:
the soul is the quickener of the body
Hypernyms ("enlivener" is a kind of...):
agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)
Derivation:
enliven (make lively)
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