Repent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Repent	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Repent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repent v turn away from sin or do penitence Synonym(s): repent, atone feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about Synonym(s): repent, regret, rue
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repent \Repent"\, 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[94]l.) Same as {Reptant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repent \Repent"\ (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.