Lent
[lent]
[lent] or [lɛnt]
Definition
(noun.) a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.
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Definition
(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.
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Definition
n. an annual fast of forty days in commemoration of the fast of our Saviour (Matt. iv. 2) from Ash-Wednesday to Easter.—adj. Lent′en relating to or used in Lent: sparing.—n. Lent′-lil′y the daffodil as flowering in Lent.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A Church fast that is slow to go; or something loaned which is slow to come back.
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Examples
- Brummell often dined with him, and therefore I take it for granted that Tom Raikes lent Brummell money. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He lent it fruitful direction, a different impetus, and the results are beyond his imagining. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Before the half-hour was out, I had got my dry clothes on, and had lent Sergeant Cuff such change of dress as he required. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My knowledge of their customs lent colour to the belief that he was but being escorted to the audience chamber to have sentence passed upon him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There was the room the Marshal had lent her, up-stairs, in which they could wait for her, if they pleased. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The President of France lent me his private box. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was so bewildered that Miss Donny thought the cold had been too severe for me and lent me her smelling-bottle. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He often thanked us for the books we lent him, and for the use of our instruments, but never spoke of his altered abode or change of circumstances. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Miss Jellyby informed me that the academy had been lent, last night, for a concert. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He accused the Greeks of superstition: what name did he give to the faith he lent to the predictions of Evadne? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And if somebody lent you a pound or two, could you make any good use of it? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thenlooking up, have I seen in the sky a head amidst circling stars, of which the midmost and the brightest lent a ray sympathetic and attent. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The fact that it was retreating from the scene of battle lent colour to this hypothesis. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- OF STOCK LENT AT INTERESt. The stock which is lent at interest is always considered as a capital by the lender. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The stock which is accumulated into a capital, may either be employed by the person to whom it belongs, or it may be lent to some other person. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have since kept several Lents most strictly, leaving the common diet for that, and that for the common, abruptly, without the least inconvenience. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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