Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repent \Re*pent"\, v. t.
1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
I do repent it from my very soul. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repent \Re"pent\ (r?"p?nt), a. [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p.
pr. of repere to creep.]
1. (Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Reptant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repent \Re*pent"\ (r?-p?nt"), v. 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
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
repent
v 1: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: {atone}]
2: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: {regret},
{rue}]
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