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Answer for the clue "Enlivening, with "up" ", 7 letters:
ginning

Word definitions for ginning in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gin \Gin\ (g[i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan (g[a^]n), Gon (g[o^]n), or Gun (g[u^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning .] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[=i]nan ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. vb. (present participle of gin English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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Usage examples of ginning.

Syllabus and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute -- Cultivation, Classification, Ginning, Baling and Mixing of the Raw Cotton -- Bale-Breakers, Mixing Lattices and Hopper Feeders -- Opening and Scutching -- Carding -- Indexes.

Before the camp went up, business there had centered on cattle and on ginning the cotton grown in the surrounding countryside and making cottonseed cake that the cattle ate.

He was be ginning to expect such explosions from the high priestesses of the Spider Queen.

Her hair was bleached platinum blond, her smoking was her ginning to take its toll on her skin, and her clothes were always just a bit too tight.