Lent > define

noun

• A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.
  • synonyms: Lententide

verb

• Bestow a quality on.
  • usage: "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
  • synonyms: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
• Give temporarily; let have for a limited time.
  • usage: "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
  • synonyms: lend, loan
• Have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to.
  • usage: "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
  • synonyms: lend

• imp. & p. p. of Lend.
• (n.) 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.
• (imp.&p.p.) of Lend.
• (a.) See Lento.
• (a.) Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

Past tense of lend.