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RelentRelent Re*lent" (r?-l?nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relented; p.
pr. & vb. n. Relenting.] [F. ralentir, fr. L. pref. re- re-
+ ad to + lentus pliant, flexible, slow. See Lithe.]
1. To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to
melt; to deliquesce. [Obs.]
He stirred the coals till relente gan The wax again
the fire. --Chaucer.
[Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will . . . begin
to relent. --Boyle.
When opening buds salute the welcome day, And earth,
relenting, feels the genial ray. --Pope.
2. To become less severe or intense; to become less hard,
harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become
more mild and tender; to feel compassion.
Can you . . . behold My sighs and tears, and will
not once relent? --Shak. Relent
Relent Re*lent", v. t.
1. To slacken; to abate. [Obs.]
And oftentimes he would relent his pace. --Spenser.
2. To soften; to dissolve. [Obs.]
3. To mollify; to cause to be less harsh or severe. [Obs.]
Relent
Relent Re*lent" (r?-l?nt"), n.
Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.]
Nor rested till she came without relent Unto the land
of Amazons. --Spenser.
Meaning of Relents from wikipedia
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support them in the
years after World War II.
Amerigo refuses to go, but
relents when he is
caught by Antonietta's
boyfriend fraudulently selling white-painted...
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disagreement over the
number of
players to be
allowed per team (
relenting in 1879) and
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invited to the meeting. The
rules that they...
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Trotsky for the job, but
other Bolsheviks insisted and
ultimately Lenin relented.
Lenin and
other Bolsheviks then
attended the
Second Congress of Soviets...
- again,
though Paul
refuses as his
first wish
killed Howard. Paul
finally relents, only to
instantly hear
pronounced knocking at the door. However, it is...
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David Goldberg insisted on
having Fox in the role
until Tartikoff relented, saying, "Go
ahead if you insist. But I'm
telling you, this is not the...
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Aaron demands that they take
Hannah with them and
Prentice eventually relents. Later,
Prentice informs Aaron that
since his
sister was
believed to have...
- man and
encourages him to go. Not
liking to be
called "responsible," Raj
relents. The
party is in full
swing when Marcia, a
beautiful young woman, introduces...
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Seeger and the
festival organizers to
perform a folk song as an encore, but
relents when Cash
offers him his
acoustic guitar. The next morning, on his way...
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Faced with
pressure from
nearly all the
other African countries, the ROC
relented under protest.
Mongolia and
Mauritania were both
admitted to the UN on...
