brisk
/bɹɪsk/ verb C2- To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.
He/she/it brisks · Past brisked · Past participle brisked · -ing form brisking
Verb forms
- Base form
- brisk
- He/she/it
- brisks
- Past
- brisked
- Past participle
- brisked
- -ing form
- brisking
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“The five-thirty train has been in and gone half an hour ago,” answered that brisk official.
But this freckled witch was very different, and although he found it rather difficult for his slower intelligence to keep up with her brisk mental processes he thought that he “kind of liked her chatter.” So he said as shyly as usual:
“City life does not agree with me at all,” remarked the Lion, as they walked along at a brisk pace.
The founder of that great emporium proved to be a brisk, crisp little person, very dapper and quick, with a clear head and a ready tongue.
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