lent

Preterit and past participle of lend.

A suffix in some adjectives of Latin origin, as flatulent, pestilent, pulverulent, turbulent, vinolent, violent, virulent, etc. It is not used in new English formations.

An annual fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed from very early times in the Christian church, in commemoration of Christ’s forty days’ fast (Mat. iv. 2), and as a season of special penitence and preparation for the Easter feast.

Slow; gentle; mild.

In music, same as lento.

imp. & p. p. of lend.

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.

the daffodil; — so named from its blossoming in spring.

Slow; mild; gentle.