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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenten \Lent"en\ (l[e^]nt"'n), n.
Lent. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenten \Lent"en\, a. [From OE lenten lent. See {Lent}, n. ]
1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in or
suitable to Lent; as the Lenten season.
She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a
Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden.
2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant
or showy. ``Lenten entertainment.'' `` Lenten answer.''
--Shak. `` Lenten suit.'' --Beau. & Fl
{Lenten color}, black or violet. --F. G. Lee.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lenten
adj : of or relating to or suitable for Lent; "lenten food"
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