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▪ I. repenting, vbl. n.|rɪˈpɛntɪŋ|
[f. repent v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.; repentance.
c1300Cursor M. 4958 Don yee haue þe sin yee wate, Your repenting es now to late. c1315Shoreham i. 1087 Two þynges her-wyþ-ynne beþ, For-ȝefþe, and repentynge. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 156 Thoo that hadde doon vnkyndenesse..humblely songe hire repentynge. 1530Palsgr. 262/1 Repentyng, regret, repentence. 1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. i. 76 Wooing, wedding, & repenting, is as a Scotch jigge, a measure, and a cinque-pace. c1655Milton Sonn., To C. Skinner 6 Deep thoughts..to drench In mirth, that after no repenting drawes. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 444 To talk of my repenting, alas! And with that he fetch'd a deep Sigh. 1851Trench Poems 93 Repentings for her quick and angry mood.
b. attrib., esp. repenting stool, the stool of repentance (see repentance 2).
1567in 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 643/2 He sall..present him self vpon the Repenting stuill in the parochiall Kyrk of Anstruthair in Repenting maneir. 1721Ramsay Lucky Spence vii, Whinging fools, That's frighted for repenting-stools. a1722Pennecuik Collect. Scots Poems (1787) 34 They gave the surplice to the English prelates, And their repenting stools to Scottish zealots.
▪ II. repenting, ppl. a.|rɪˈpɛntɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That repents.
1533Frith Answ. More Wks. (1829) 177 Christ's blood (which must be received with a repenting heart thro' faith). 1618G. Strode Anat. Mortalitie 145 Vnto the repenting person hee giueth a soft heart. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. cxcviii, Repenting England..To Philip's manes did an offering bring. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 7 Like a true repenting Prodigal. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam v. v, Tears of repenting joy, which fast intruded, Fell fast.
Hence reˈpentingly adv.
1611Cotgr., Repentivement,..repentingly, with repentance. 1642S. Ashe Best Refuge 54 We must repentingly returne unto the Lord. a1774Goldsm. Hist. Greece I. 134 There were many useful citizens whom they had..sent into banishment, and these they now repentingly wished to restore. 1893Daily News 8 May 5/5 Those who..repentingly returned to the bosom of the party. |