lent
Definition of lent:
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part of speech: participle
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part of speech: noun
A fast of forty days, observed in commemoration of the fast of our Saviour, beginning with Ash- Wednesday and continuing till Easter.
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part of speech: participle
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part of speech: noun
The fast of forty days, beginning at Ash Wednesday and extending to the day before Easter Sunday, a period really comprising six weeks and four days, but reduced exactly to forty days by omitting the intervening Sundays.
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Common misspellings:
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- lented (10.0%)
- lended (90.0%)
Usage examples for lent:
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I lent the poor wretch five francs.
"The Black Robe" – Wilkie Collins -
" I lent a 'and, and Jones with 'is only arm was a- strugglin' to move 'im, but we soon saw we was only causin' of the poor chap unnecessary aginy.
"Love's Usuries" – Louis Creswicke -
I lent it to her.
"The Happy Foreigner" – Enid Bagnold -
Terror lent wings to the Missing Link.
"The Missing Link" – Edward Dyson
