Definition of "livening" []

• Present participle of liven. (verb)

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• "The confidence she shows in her belief that her shapes are enough to allow the collection to speak is evident by the fact she uses pattern and brighter colour sparingly and with great consideration, rather than throwing in for the sake of 'livening' up the collection as many designers feel the need to do."
• "It's fun on weekends when the Tapatios are in town livening things up."
• "Chickadees, grey-crowned rosy-finches, ravens, bald eagles, goldeneyes and a few red-winged blackbirds, a pair of blue-winged teal and a solitary rough-legged hawk were livening up the wind."