Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repented"

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.


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