(ambitransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
Let's liven up this party!
1958: Marco Polo, Ronald Latham (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo
Instead of the picturesque fables* that liven the pages of ‘Sir John Mandeville’ and of many more authentic travellers, he gives us no less picturesque facts, and facts in great abundance.
1979: The American School Board Journal, volume 166, no. 1, January 1979, published by the National School Boards Association, caption to an image in the May 1979 section
Visiting professionals frequently liven the day at the Elm Creative Arts School.