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 or 1601 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [by Matthew Lownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act II, scene v, signature E2, recto:

     Ruſh me in / VVhil'ſt Mellida prepares her ſelfe to die: / Halter about thy necke, and vvith ſuch ſighs, / Laments, and acclamations lyfen it, / As if impulſiue povver of remorſe.

References

• “lifen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• elfin, nifle

Middle English

Verb

lifen

1. Alternative form of lyven