l 1 i 1 v 4 e 1 n 1
5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make lively
originPartly from life + -en; partly from live (adjective) + -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic lifna (“to come to life”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0