Ignoring Gusterson's shiver, Fay straightened up and seemed to brisken himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn] Reference

I know that, when I was there, the view from the first rise back of the grounds, looking down upon that long flat where men by thousands were toiling, and building after building was rising, made a picture sufficiently inspiring to warm the enthusiasm and brisken the imagination of any man, be he alien or native.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roughing it De Luxe] Reference

Suppose we brisken up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finnegans Wake] Reference

“It will brisken you up, ” says he.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Enemy in the House] Reference

"Come brisken up, you maidens fair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist] Reference