| make lively | become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor |
| heighten or intensify | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation |
| | lessen the momentum or velocity of |
| | make vapid or deprive of spirit |
| | convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil |
| | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |
| | cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients |