repent
verbeadjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- //ɹɪˈpɛnt//
- //ˈɹiːpənt//
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
verbe
- 1
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
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To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Mad Prophet: Repent! Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late! This great station has fallen, and all within shall fall with it!
The Court shall, after sentencing an offender for any offence under section 221, 222, 223 or 224 and before execution of the punishment, order the offender to repent.
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To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
If Aljunied decides to go that way (to vote for the Workers' Party), well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
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To be sorry for, to regret.
I repent my sins.
And what I ſaid in time of our buſines I repent not, And if it were to ſpeake againe, Euerie word ſhould be a whole ſermon, So much I repent me.
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archaïqueTo cause to have sorrow or regret.
at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith," seyde the kynge[…].
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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obsolèteTo cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
But if that I knewe what his name hight, For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, I could make him ſhortly repent him forever: […]
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archaïqueTo change one's mind.
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Étymologie
From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.
adjectif
- 1
Creeping along the ground.
The pennated, repent and ferine entities of the boscage, are ousels, shellducks, […] and ursine quadrupeds.
Étymologie
From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“to creep”).
Formes
- passé
- repented
- participe passé
- repented
- participe présent
- repenting
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- repents
repent · To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
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