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Repent   /rɪpˈɛnt/   Listen
verb
Repent  v. t.  
1.
To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. "I do repent it from my very soul."
2.
To feel regret or sorrow; used reflexively. "My father has repented him ere now."
3.
To cause to have sorrow or regret; used impersonally. (Archaic) "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth."



Repent  v. i.  (past & past part. repented; pres. part. repenting)  
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 repents."
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."
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."



adjective
Repent  adj.  
1.
(Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; said of stems.
2.
(Zool.) Same as Reptant.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Repent" Quotes from Famous Books



... confused, thinking that half of us would have been shot dead, that—will ye believe it?—I never yet had mind to pull the tricker. Howsomever, I minded aye with the rest to ram down a fresh cartridge at the word of command; and something told me I would repent not doing like the rest (for I had half a kind of notion that my piece never went off); so, when the firing was over, the sergeant of the company ordered all that had loaded pieces to come to the front. I swithered ...
— The Life of Mansie Wauch - tailor in Dalkeith • D. M. Moir

... you want to get out of there, and sit in the seats with the righteous. It's never too late for the sinner to repent." ...
— Ben Comee - A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 • M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan

... eager, but, alas! too late, to anticipate the shameful scene—and to him did George Delawarr turn with unutterable anguish in his eyes. "Bid my men bring my horses after me, St. George," said he, firmly, but mournfully; "for me, this is no place any longer. Farewell, sir! you will repent of this. Adieu, Blanche, we shall ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 • Various

... with Rufus, and one morning, without any fuss or ostentation, she was quietly married, and transformed from plain Miss Manning into the rich Mrs. Vanderpool. I may say here that neither she nor her husband has seen cause to repent the match, so unexpectedly brought about, but live in harmony and mutual friendship, as I hope they may continue to do to the end of ...
— Rufus and Rose - The Fortunes of Rough and Ready • Horatio Alger, Jr

... hear the justice of the highest heaven: This strumpet, in reward of all his love, Pursues him for the death of his first wife; And now the woful husband languisheth, And flies abroad,[23] pursu'd by her fierce hate; And now too late he doth repent his sin, Ready to perish in his own despair, Having no means but death ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. IX • Various


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