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leant |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaned} (l[=e]nd), sometimes {Leant} (l[e^]nt); p. pr & vb n. {Leaning}.] [OE. lenen, AS hlinian hleonian v. i.; akin to OS hlin[=o]n, D. leunen OHG. hlin[=e]n, lin[=e]n, G. lehnen L. inclinare Gr kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf {Declivity}, {Climax}, {Incline}, {Ladder}.] 1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. ``He leant forward.'' --Dickens. 2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to toward, etc They delight rather to lean to their old customs. --Spenser. 3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like -- with on upon or against. He leaned not on his fathers but himself. --Tennyson.
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