brisken


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brisken

(ˈbrɪskən)
vb
to make or become more lively or brisk
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brisken


Past participle: briskened
Gerund: briskening

Imperative
brisken
brisken
Present
I brisken
you brisken
he/she/it briskens
we brisken
you brisken
they brisken
Preterite
I briskened
you briskened
he/she/it briskened
we briskened
you briskened
they briskened
Present Continuous
I am briskening
you are briskening
he/she/it is briskening
we are briskening
you are briskening
they are briskening
Present Perfect
I have briskened
you have briskened
he/she/it has briskened
we have briskened
you have briskened
they have briskened
Past Continuous
I was briskening
you were briskening
he/she/it was briskening
we were briskening
you were briskening
they were briskening
Past Perfect
I had briskened
you had briskened
he/she/it had briskened
we had briskened
you had briskened
they had briskened
Future
I will brisken
you will brisken
he/she/it will brisken
we will brisken
you will brisken
they will brisken
Future Perfect
I will have briskened
you will have briskened
he/she/it will have briskened
we will have briskened
you will have briskened
they will have briskened
Future Continuous
I will be briskening
you will be briskening
he/she/it will be briskening
we will be briskening
you will be briskening
they will be briskening
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been briskening
you have been briskening
he/she/it has been briskening
we have been briskening
you have been briskening
they have been briskening
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been briskening
you will have been briskening
he/she/it will have been briskening
we will have been briskening
you will have been briskening
they will have been briskening
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been briskening
you had been briskening
he/she/it had been briskening
we had been briskening
you had been briskening
they had been briskening
Conditional
I would brisken
you would brisken
he/she/it would brisken
we would brisken
you would brisken
they would brisken
Past Conditional
I would have briskened
you would have briskened
he/she/it would have briskened
we would have briskened
you would have briskened
they would have briskened
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.brisken - become brisk; "business brisked up"
accelerate, quicken, speed up, speed - move faster; "The car accelerated"
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References in classic literature ?
There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with.
Mani, S.A., Guo, W., Liao, M.J., Eaton, E.N., Ayyanan, A., Zhou, A.Y., Brooks, M., Reinhard, F., Zhang, C.C., Shipitsin, M., Campbell, L.L., Polyak, K., Brisken, C., Yang, J., Weinberg, R.A., 2008.
Specific gaps in available test methods for mechanisms associated with breast cancer include progesterone receptor binding (Brisken 2013) and transcriptional activation (Faivre et al.
(105.) Mani SA, Guo W, Liao MJ, Eaton EN, Ayyanan A, Zhou AY, Brooks M, Reinhard F, Zhang CC, Shipitsin M, Campbell LL, Polyak K, Brisken C, Yang J, Weinberg RA.
Boeing is working to complete the full analysis of nautical air miles (NAMS) fuel testing that was flown with the PIP I-powered aircraft in the next few weeks, but initial indications are that the NAMS results Oexceeded expectations,O adds former GEnx Project Manager Tom Brisken. OWeOre still in the final analysis with the Boeing team, but we are quite pleased,O he adds.
"We do provide evidence that BPA exposure alters mammary gland development and that this may increase the predisposition of the breast to breast cancer," Cathrin Brisken, MD, of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research and co-author of the study.