单词 | brisken |
释义 | briskenv. 1. transitive. To make brisk or lively. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] akeleOE restOE comfort1303 ease1330 quickc1350 recurea1382 refresha1382 refetec1384 restorec1384 affilea1393 enforcec1400 freshc1405 revigour?a1425 recomfortc1425 recreatec1425 quicken?c1430 revive1442 cheerc1443 refection?c1450 refect1488 unweary1530 freshen1532 corroborate1541 vige?c1550 erect?1555 recollect?1560 repose1562 respite1565 rouse1574 requicken1576 animate1585 enlive1593 revify1598 inanimate1600 insinew1600 to wind up1602 vigorize1603 inspiritc1610 invigour1611 refocillate1611 revigorate1611 renovate1614 spriten1614 repaira1616 activate1624 vigour1636 enliven1644 invigorate1646 rally1650 reinvigorate1652 renerve1652 to freshen up1654 righta1656 re-enlivena1660 recruita1661 enlighten1667 revivify1675 untire1677 reanimate1694 stimulate1759 rebrace1764 refreshen1780 brisken1799 irrigate1823 tonic1825 to fresh up1835 ginger1844 spell1846 recuperate1849 binge1854 tone1859 innerve1880 fiercen1896 to tone up1896 to buck up1909 pep1912 to zip up1927 to perk up1936 to zizz up1944 hep1948 to zing up1948 juice1964 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > cause to go briskly > make brisk brisken1799 to brisk up1881 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 451 Let your fuel be coke, which bears the bellows to brisken the fire, without raising a flame. 1838 Eclectic Rev. I. 551 Briskening the then dull tenor of periodical criticism. 1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 667/2 Our movements were briskened painfully by the singing of bullets about our ears. 1901 Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 3/3 The Coronation, they think, may brisken up trade generally. 1905 E. F. Benson Image in Sand i. 8 Sir Henry briskened his pace a little. 2. intransitive. To become brisk, to speed up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > become brisk or active brisken1876 to brisk up1884 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and briskly > become brisk brisken1876 1876 W. Mathews Getting on in World (1884) Ser. ii. iii. 68 I heartily wish that business may brisken a little. a1909 Scribner's Mag. in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1909) Meanwhile our artillery fire briskened. 1965 Guardian 27 Oct. 8/7 Leduc describes it with awe, then briskens. Derivatives ˈbriskening n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > becoming brisk briskening1901 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > making brisk briskening1901 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > brisk > making brisk briskening1901 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly > making brisk briskening1901 1901 E. F. Benson Luck of Vails i. i. 4 These agreeable influences..seemed to produce a briskening effect on the two. 1907 Athenæum 23 Mar. 364/1 This piece, with briskening of the action, will prove diverting. 1927 Scots Observer 4 June 17/2 A briskening of the air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1799 |
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