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Webster 1913 Edition

Lent

Lent

(lĕnt)
,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Lend
.

Lent

,
Noun.
[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.)
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 lily
(Bot.)
,
the daffodil; – so named from its blossoming in spring.

Lent

,
Adj.
[L.
lentus
; akin to
lenis
soft, mild: cf. F.
lent
. See
Lenient
.]
1.
Slow; mild; gentle;
as,
lenter
heats
.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2.
(Mus.)
See
Lento
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lent

LENT

,
pp.
of lend.

LENT

, n.
The quadragesimal fast, or fast of forty days observed by the christian church before Easter, the festival of our Savior's resurrection. It begins at Ash Wednesday, and continues till Easter.

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