A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
imp. & p. p. of
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
Lent
imp. & p. p. of
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;
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.
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Other Usage ExamplesEvery 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.