Definition of lent

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Lent (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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Zoophyta :: Zoophyta (n. pl.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoologists. It included the c/lenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Toss :: Toss (v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
Flurry :: Flurry (n.) Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Willsome :: Willsome (a.) Fat; indolent.
Compensate :: Compensate (v. i.) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation..
Worthy :: Worthy (n.) Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one..
Fraudulent :: Fraudulent (a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest..
Tetravalence :: Tetravalence (n.) The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.
Esculent :: Esculent (n.) Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
Joule :: "Joule (n.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds..
Drastic :: Drastic (a.) Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives..
Purulency :: Purulency (n.) The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself..
Blast :: Blast (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.
Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
Lira :: Lira (n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
Exacerbate :: Exacerbate (v. t.) To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease..
Convulsion :: Convulsion (n.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body..
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