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Webster 1913 Edition
Repent
Re′pent
(r?′p?nt)
, Adj.
[L.
repens
, -entis
, creeping, p. pr. of repere
to creep.] 1.
(Bot.)
Prostrate and rooting; – said of stems.
Gray.
Re-pent′
(r?-p?nt′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Repented
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repenting
.] [F.
se repentir
; L. pref. re-
re- + poenitere
to make repent, poenitet me
it repents me, I repent. See Penitent
.] 1.
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
First she relents
With pity; of that pity then
With pity; of that pity then
repents
. Dryden.
2.
To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
Lest, peradventure, the people
repent
when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii. 17.
3.
(Theol.)
To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
Except ye
repent
, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii. 3.
Re-pent′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
I do
repent
it from my very soul. Shakespeare
2.
To feel regret or sorrow; – used reflexively.
My father has
repented
him ere now. Dryden.
3.
To cause to have sorrow or regret; – used impersonally.
[Archaic]
“And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth.” Gen. vi. 6.
Webster 1828 Edition
Repent
RE'PENT
,Adj.