lent

6 definitions found

lent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lend \Lend\ (l[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lent (l[e^]nt); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Lending.] [OE. lenen, AS. l[=ae]nan, fr.
     l[=ae]n loan; akin to G. lehnen to lend. See Loan.]
     1. To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the
        return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to
        lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.
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              Give me that ring.
              I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power
              To give it from me.                   --Shak.
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     2. To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the
        return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some
        article of food.
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              Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor
              lend him thy victuals for increase.   --Levit. xxv.
                                                    37.
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     3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend
        assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
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              Cato, lend me for a while thy patience. --Addison.
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              Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and
              largeness to his compositions.        --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
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     4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or
        gig.
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     Note: This use of the word is rare in the United States,
           except with reference to money.
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     To lend a hand, to give assistance; to help. [Colloq.]
  
     To lend one's ears or To lend an ear, to give attention.
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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.
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     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.
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     2. (Mus.) See Lento.
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lent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lent
      n 1: a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
           [syn: Lent, Lententide]

lent - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "Lent":
     Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation,
     Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas,
     Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter,
     Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Eastertide,
     Ember days, Epiphany, Good Friday, Halloween, Hallowmas,
     Holy Thursday, Holy Week, Lady Day, Lammas, Lammas Day, Lammastide,
     Lententide, Mardi Gras, Martinmas, Maundy Thursday, Michaelmas,
     Michaelmas Day, Michaelmastide, Ninth of Av, Palm Sunday,
     Pancake Day, Passion Week, Pentecost, Quadragesima,
     Quadragesima Sunday, Ramadan, Septuagesima, Shrove Tuesday,
     Trinity Sunday, Twelfth-day, Twelfth-tide, Whit-Tuesday,
     White Sunday, Whitmonday, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide,
     Whitweek, Yom Kippur, fast day, jour maigre