verb
1. gain or regain energy (Freq. 1)
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I picked up after a nap
• Syn: ↑perk, ↑percolate, ↑pick up, ↑gain vigor
• Hypernyms: ↑recuperate, ↑recover, ↑convalesce
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
2. cause to be alert and energetic
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Coffee and tea stimulate me
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This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
• Ant: ↑de-energise (for: ↑energise), ↑de-energize (for: ↑energize), ↑sedate (for: ↑stimulate)
• Derivationally related forms:
↑energiser (for: ↑energise), ↑energizer (for: ↑energize), ↑energy (for: ↑energize), ↑energizing (for: ↑energize), ↑bracer (for: ↑brace), ↑stimulative (for: ↑stimulate), ↑stimulant (for: ↑stimulate)
• Hypernyms: ↑affect
• Hyponyms:
↑cathect, ↑animate, ↑recreate, ↑reanimate, ↑revive, ↑renovate, ↑repair, ↑quicken, ↑vivify, ↑revivify, ↑invigorate, ↑reinvigorate, ↑enliven, ↑liven, ↑liven up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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Something ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.