Synonyms for lent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lent |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɛnt |
Définition of lent
Origin :- late 14c., short for Lenten (n.) "forty days before Easter" (early 12c.), from Old English lencten "springtime, spring," the season, also "the fast of Lent," from West Germanic *langa-tinaz "long-days" (cf. Old Saxon lentin, Middle Dutch lenten, Old High German lengizin manoth), from *lanngaz (root of Old English lang "long;" see long (adj.)) + *tina-, a root meaning "day" (cf. Gothic sin-teins "daily"), cognate with Old Church Slavonic dini, Lithuanian diena, Latin dies "day" (see diurnal).
- the compound probably refers to the increasing daylight. Cf. similar form evolution in Dutch lente (Middle Dutch lentin), German Lenz (Old High German lengizin) "spring." Church sense of "period between Ash Wednesday and Easter" is peculiar to English.
- adj loaned
- But the damage would not have happened if Will had not lent the boat to me.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Lent her by Father Christopher of the priory, forsooth—that is ever her answer.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- And the books are lent to any person in each section who wishes to read them?
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The officers came down at night, and lent us a hand with the work.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- What may we not do with them, if it were not for the season of Lent?
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
- Further, it lent a reasonable justification for his purposed act.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- These mince pies may be eaten by persons who refrain from meat in Lent.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- By the by, you will want the five thousand pounds you lent me?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I had saved nine hundred francs, and Madame Gurard lent me six hundred.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I have no quarrel with the suit which your father has lent me.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
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