“repenteth” is a form of
repent
/ɹɪˈpɛnt/ verb, adjective
Forms repents repenting repented
- verb (intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of". “Marry in haste, repent at leisure.”
- verb (theology, intransitive) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
- verb (transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
- verb (transitive) To be sorry for, to regret. “I repent my sins.”
- verb (archaic, transitive) To cause to have sorrow or regret.
- verb (obsolete, reflexive) To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
- verb (archaic, intransitive) To change one's mind.
- adjective (chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground.
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Etymology
From Middle English repenten, from Old French repentir, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre. Compare Modern French repentir.
From Latin rēpēns, present participle of rēpō (“to creep”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Prostrate and rooting; --said of stems. Gray.
- adjective Same as Reptant.
- verb To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.
- verb To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
Etymology [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.]
Etymology [F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See Penitent.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “repent”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details