Lenten

UK: 'lenten', 'Lenten': /ˈlɛntən/ US: /ˈlɛntən/ ,(len′tn)

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Lent•en  (len′tn), adj. 

1. Religion of, pertaining to, or suitable for Lent.
2. suggesting Lent, as in austerity, frugality, or rigorousness;
   meager.

Also, lent′en. 

• Middle English, origin, originally attributive use of lenten Lent, later taken as adjective, adjectival ending in -en²

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lent /lɛnt/   v. 

1. pt. and pp. of lend.

Lent /lɛnt/   n. [proper noun]

1. Religion (in many Christian churches) an annual season of fasting and asking forgiveness in preparation for Easter.

Lent•en, lent•en /ˈlɛntən/  adj.: 

the Lenten season.

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lent  (lent), v. 

1. pt. and pp. of lend. 

Lent  (lent), n. 

1. Religion (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.

• bef. 1000; Middle English lente(n), Old English lencten, lengten spring, Lent, literally, lengthening (of daylight hours); cognate with Dutch lente, German Lenz spring; see Lenten

-lent, 

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, var. of -ulent: pestilent.

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lenten / ˈlɛntən/ adjective

1. (often capital) of or relating to Lent
2. spare, plain, or meagre: lenten fare