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lifening

lifening is the present participle and gerund of lifen.

Meaning of lifen

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To 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] […]...

Questions about lifening

What is lifening the present participle and gerund of?
Lifening is the present participle and gerund of lifen.

Words near lifening in the dictionary

  1. lifemate
  2. lifemates
  3. lifen
  4. lifened
  5. lifeness
  6. lifening
  7. lifens
  8. lifepath
  9. lifepaths
  10. lifepod
  11. lifepods

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