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credent, a. (n.) rare.|ˈkriːdənt|
1. Believing, trustful, confiding.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. iii. 30 If with too credent eare you list his Songs. 1800Sir P. Francis in Parr's Wks. (1828) VII. 194 All my credent faculties desert me..when I am called upon to believe [etc.]. 1867J. B. Rose tr. æneid 247 We lend credent ears.
b. as n. One who believes; a believer.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. Pref. §29 That opinion which you would fain induce your credents unto.
†2.
a. Having credit or repute;
b. credible.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iv. iv. 29 My Authority beares of a credent bulke. 1611― Wint. T. i. ii. 142 Then 'tis very credent, Thou may'st co-ioyne with something.
Hence ˈcredently adv., believingly.
1832Carlyle Ess. (1872) IV. 227 To have heard credently that such exist. |