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World Gazetteer Results for Lent:
NameLent
Geographical TypeLocality
Population1248
Latitude
Longitude
CountryFrance
Administrative DivisionRhône-Alpes
2nd Administrative DivisionAin
Dictionary Results for Lent:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Lent
    n 1: a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
         [syn: Lent, Lententide]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lend \Lend\ (l[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lent (l[e^]nt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Lending.] [OE. lenen, AS. l[=ae]nan, fr.
   l[=ae]n loan; akin to G. lehnen to lend. See Loan.]
   1. To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the
      return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to
      lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.
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            Give me that ring.
            I'll lend it thee, my dear, but have no power
            To give it from me.                   --Shak.
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   2. To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the
      return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some
      article of food.
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            Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor
            lend him thy victuals for increase.   --Levit. xxv.
                                                  37.
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   3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend
      assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
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            Cato, lend me for a while thy patience. --Addison.
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            Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and
            largeness to his compositions.        --J. A.
                                                  Symonds.
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   4. To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or
      gig.
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   Note: This use of the word is rare in the United States,
         except with reference to money.
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   To lend a hand, to give assistance; to help. [Colloq.]

   To lend one's ears or To lend an ear, to give attention.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lent \Lent\ (l[e^]nt),
   imp. & p. p. of Lend.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lent \Lent\, n. [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.
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   Lent lily (Bot.), the daffodil; -- so named from its
      blossoming in spring.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lent \Lent\, a. [L. lentus; akin to lenis soft, mild: cf. F.
   lent. See Lenient.]
   1. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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   2. (Mus.) See Lento.
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