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repent 音标拼音: [rɪp'ɛnt]
vi. 后悔,懊悔,忏悔
vt. 后悔
a. 匍匐生根的 後悔,懊悔,忏悔後悔匍匐生根的 repent v 1: turn away from sin or do penitence [ synonym: { repent}, { atone}] 2: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [ synonym: { repent}, { regret}, { rue}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) Same as { Reptant}. [ 1913 Webster]
Repent \ Re* pent"\ ( 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. [ 1913 Webster] First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. [ 1913 Webster] Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. -- Ex. xiii. 17. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. [ 1913 Webster] Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. -- Luke xii. 3. [ 1913 Webster]
Repent \ Re* pent"\, v. t. 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. [ 1913 Webster] I do repent it from my very soul. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively. [ 1913 Webster] My father has repented him ere now. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally. [ Archaic] " And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth." -- Gen. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster]
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