lifen

English

Etymology

life +‎ -en

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪfən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪfən

Verb

lifen (third-person singular simple present lifens, present participle lifening, simple past and past participle lifened)

  1. (obsolete) To liven, to enliven.
    • 1600, John Marston, Antonio's Revenge
      Rush me in Whilst Mellida prepares herself to die,
      Halter about thy neck, and with such sighs,
      Laments, and applications lifen it.

References
  • lifen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

lifen

  1. Alternative form of lyven
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