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)
- (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.
- Rush me in Whilst Mellida prepares herself to die,
- 1600, John Marston, Antonio's Revenge
References
- lifen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- elfin, nifle
Middle English
Verb
lifen
- Alternative form of lyven