re|pent´er

re|pent´er
re|pent1 «rih PEHNT», intransitive verb.
1. to feel sorry for having done wrong and seek forgiveness: »

The sinner repented.

2. to feel sorry; regret something done in the past: »

Married in haste, we may repent at leisure (William Congreve).

–v.t.
1. to feel sorrow for (wrongdoing) and ask forgiveness: »

The criminal repented his crimes before the priest.

2. to feel sorry for; regret: »

I had soon reason to repent those foolish words (Jonathan Swift).

╂[< Old French repentir < re- again, re- + Vulgar Latin pēnitire < Latin paenitēre cause to regret or repent]
–re|pent´er, noun.
re|pent2 «REE puhnt», adjective.
1. (of a plant) growing along the ground, or horizontally beneath the surface, and taking root as it grows.
2. (of an animal) creeping; crawling.
╂[< Latin rēpēns, -entis, present participle of rēpere to creep, crawl]

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