Lent, Lententide
(noun) a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
lend, loan
(verb) give temporarily; let have for a limited time; “I will lend you my car”; “loan me some money”
lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
(verb) bestow a quality on; “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”; “The music added a lot to the play”; “She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings”; “This adds a light note to the program”
lend
(verb) have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; “This story would lend itself well to serialization on television”; “The current system lends itself to great abuse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lent (plural Lents)
A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
(Eastern Christianity) The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
(Roman Catholicism) The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays.
(England, education) The second term of the academic year at some British schools.
• (Christianity): Lententide, Lent season, Lenten season, season of Lent, Quadragesima
• (Eastern Christianity): Great Lent
• (educational): Lent term
• (Roman Catholicism): Ash Wednesday (1st day), Quadragesima Sunday (1st Sunday), Reminiscere Sunday (2nd Sunday), Oculi Sunday (3rd Sunday), Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday), Passion Sunday (5th Sunday), Palm Sunday (6th Sunday), Holy Saturday (last day) (see terms for synonyms)
• (Eastern Orthodoxy): Clean Monday (1st day), Lazarus Friday (last day)
lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)
Alternative form of Lent
lent
simple past tense and past participle of lend
Source: Wiktionary
Lent,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Lend.
Lent, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Lent, a. Etym: [L. lentus; akin to lenis soft, mild: cf. F. lent. See Lenient.]
1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] B.Jonson.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: See Lento.
Lend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lent ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lending.] Etym: [OE.lenen, AS. l, fr. l 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. Give me that ring. I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power To give it from me. Shak.
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. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. Levit. xxv. 37.
3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence. Cato, lend me for a while thy patience. Addison. Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions. J. A. Symonds.
4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
Note: This use of the word is rare in the United States, except with reference to money. To lend a hand, to give assistance; to help. [Colloq.] -- To lend an ear or one's ears, to give attention.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
