lent

[Lent]

A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

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imp. & p. p. of Lend.

Noun
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday


imp. & p. p.
of Lend


imp. & p. p. of Lend.

n.
A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

a.
Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

a.
See Lento.


Lent

Lent , imp. & p. p. of Lend.

Lent

Lent, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

Lent

Lent, a. [L. lentus; akin to lenis soft, mild: cf. F. lent. See Lenient.] 1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] B.Jonson. 2. (Mus.) See Lento.

imp. & p. p. of Lend.

A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

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Usage Examples

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.

I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing.

My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American.

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.

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