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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Plagueful :: Plagueful (a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations..
First :: First (a.) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece..
Lentor :: Lentor (a.) Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids..
Elater :: Elater (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative..
Countervail :: Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate..
Parity :: Parity (n.) The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning..
Smile :: Smile (v. i.) A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile..
Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny..
Silentious :: Silentious (a.) Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent.
Monatomic :: Monatomic (adv.) Having the equivalence or replacing power of an atom of hydrogen; univalent; as, the methyl radical is monatomic..
Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..
Quadrivalent :: Quadrivalent (a.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements..
Maltalent :: Maltalent (n.) Ill will; malice.
Tacet :: Tacet (v.impers.) It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.
Pulveraceous :: Pulveraceous (a.) Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent.
Overbearing :: Overbearing (a.) Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..
Vehemence :: Vehemence (n.) Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions..
Trivalent :: Trivalent (a.) Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia..
Succulently :: Succulent (a.) Full of juice; juicy.
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