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Lent
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
imp. & p. p. of Lend.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (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.
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] B.Jonson.
2. See Lento.