Meanings
verblifen (third-person singular simple present lifens, present participle lifening, simple past and past participle lifened)
present singular third person lifens · participle present lifening · participle past lifened · past lifened
- obsoleteTo liven, to enliven.
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.
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
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APA
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“lifen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lifen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifen.
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