D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Lent

/(lĕnt)/ · IPA /lɛnt/
01 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Lend.
  1. 1.
    imp. & p. p. of Lend. See: Lend
02 n. A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the …
  1. 1.
    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.(Eccl.)
Phrases & compounds
Lent lily — the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring.
03 a. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.
  1. 1.
    Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    See Lento.(Mus.) See: Lento