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rep⋅tant

  [rep-tuhnt]
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–adjective
repent 2 .
Origin:
1650–60; < L rēptant- (s. of rēptāns), prp. of rēptāre to creep, equiv. to rēpt- (freq. s. of rēpere to creep) + -ant- -ant
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rep·tant   (rěp'tənt)   
adj.   Biology
Creeping or crawling; repent.

[Latin rēptāns, rēptant-, present participle of rēptāre, to creep, frequentative of rēpere.]
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