12 dictionary results for: Lent
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Lent
[lent] Pronunciation Key
[lent] Pronunciation Key –noun
| (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME lente(n), OE lencten, lengten spring, Lent, lit., lengthening (of daylight hours); c. D lente, G Lenz spring; see Lenten
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lend
[lend] Pronunciation Key verb, lent, lend·ing.
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[lend] Pronunciation Key verb, lent, lend·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom
| 1. | to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. |
| 2. | to give (money) on condition that it is returned and that interest is paid for its temporary use. |
| 3. | to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully: to lend one's aid to a cause. |
| 4. | to adapt (oneself or itself) to something: The building should lend itself to inexpensive remodeling. |
| 5. | to furnish or impart: Distance lends enchantment to the view. |
| 6. | to make a loan. |
| 7. | lend a hand, to give help; aid: If everyone lends a hand, we can have dinner ready in half an hour. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME lenden, var. (orig. past tense) of lenen, OE lǣnan (c. D lenen, G lehnen, ON lāna), deriv. of lǣn loan; c. G Lehnen, ON lān. See loan1
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lender, noun
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| lend
(lěnd) Pronunciation Key
v. lent (lěnt), lend·ing, lends v. tr.
v. intr. To make a loan. See Usage Note at loan. [Middle English lenden, alteration of lenen (on the model of such verbs as senden, to send, whose past participle sent rhymed with lent, past participle of lenen), from Old English lǣnan; see leikw- in Indo-European roots.] lend'er n. |
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| lent
(lěnt) Pronunciation Key
v. Past tense and past participle of lend. |
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| Lent
(lěnt) Pronunciation Key
n. The 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday until Easter observed by Christians as a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter. [Middle English lenten, lente, spring, Lent, from Old English lencten; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Lent
Lent
short for Lenten, from O.E. lencten "spring," the season, from W.Gmc. *langa-tinaz (cf. O.S. lentin, M.Du. lenten, O.H.G. lengizin manoth), from *lanngaz (root of O.E. lang "long") + *tina-, a root meaning "day" (cf. Goth. sin-teins "daily"), cognate with O.C.S. dini, Lith. diena, L. dies "day." the compound probably refers to the increasing daylight. Church sense of "period between Ash Wednesday and Easter" is peculiar to Eng.
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| lent | |
noun | |
| a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday |
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Lent
Lent
In Christianity, a time of fasting and repentance in the spring, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending several weeks later on Easter.
Note: To ®Äúgive something up for Lent®Äù is to abandon a pleasurable habit as an act of devotion and self-discipline.
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Lent
Lent\ (l[e^]nt), imp. & p. p. of Lend.
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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 lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring.
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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.
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