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brisken, v.|ˈbrɪsk(ə)n|
[f. brisk a. + -en5.]
1. trans. To make brisk or lively. Also with up.
1799A. Young Agric. Linc. 451 Let your fuel be coke, which bears the bellows to brisken the fire, without raising a flame. 1838Eclectic Rev. I. 551 Briskening the then dull tenor of periodical criticism. 1901Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 3/3 The Coronation, they think, may brisken up trade generally. 1905E. F. Benson Image in Sand i. 8 Sir Henry briskened his pace a little.
2. intr. To become brisk, to speed up.
1876W. Mathews Getting on in the World (1884) Ser. ii. iii. 68, I heartily wish that business may brisken a little. a1909Scribner's Mag. (Webster), Meanwhile our artillery fire briskened. 1965Guardian 27 Oct. 8/7 Leduc describes it with awe, then briskens.
Hence ˈbriskening vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1901E. F. Benson Luck of Vails i. i. 4 These agreeable influences..seemed to produce a briskening effect on the two. 1907Athenæum 23 Mar. 364/1 This piece, with briskening of the action, will prove diverting. 1927Scots Observer 4 June 17/2 A briskening of the air. |