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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Lent (0.02525 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Lent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Lent Lent n : a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday [syn: Lententide]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lent 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. [1913 Webster] Give me that ring. I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power To give it from me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. --Levit. xxv. 37. [1913 Webster] 3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence. [1913 Webster] Cato, lend me for a while thy patience. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] 4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig. [1913 Webster] Note: This use of the word is rare in the United States, except with reference to money. [1913 Webster] To lend a hand, to give assistance; to help. [Colloq.] To lend one's ears or To lend an ear, to give attention. [1913 Webster] Lent \Lent\ (l[e^]nt), imp. & p. p. of Lend. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) See Lento. [1913 Webster]

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