单词 | repent |
释义 | repent 1. v.   1. intr. (often foll. by of) feel deep sorrow about one's actions etc.   2. tr. (also absol.) wish one had not done, regret (one's wrong, omission, etc.); resolve not to continue (a wrongdoing etc.).   3. refl. (often foll. by of) archaic feel regret or penitence about (now I repent me). Derivatives repentance n. repentant adj. repenter n. Etymology: ME f. OF repentir (as RE-, pentir ult. f. L paenitere) 2. adj. Bot. creeping, esp. growing along the ground or just under the surface. Etymology: L repere creep |
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