Crossword clues for relented
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Relent \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.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: relent)
Usage examples of "relented".
When he cringed at the sheer power of her vocal volume, she relented and turned it down, deactivating the mastoid bone receiver entirely.
Big Eyes relented, but grudgingly, and allowed herself to be shut into a plumbing fixture.
When he relented, Damia had grown reticent in her own right and it was only with a loud and lengthy argument that she finally set the date.
He relented enough to take an easier if longer route back but he made that seem deliberate, rather than considerate, because that track passed by stands of edible greens and bushes of early plummy-fleshed rindfruits.
But the Rowan had then relented sufficiently to ask Afra to accompany her.
Torkel had relented enough to help, while Ornery and Giancarlo stood by, glaring malevolently at Yana.
She would miss the boy's cheerfulness, but he'd be fine with Eric and Tavis, and she was glad Zainal had relented and let him stay behind.
Then he relented, grinning wryly back at her as he remembered a few incidents.
F'nor relented and, when the dragon had finally made his wallow, couched himself on a convenient curl of tail.
And it was so critical just then for Benden to believe that a Southern rider had relented and restored Ramoth's egg .
Cristov looked ready to die of laughter at the question and Tarik looked sour, as always, but Dara relented after giving Kindan a long, searching look.
So he had relented, and now sat in warm sunshine as Cassandra indulged herself with a picnic and Linuk's musicians entertained them.
She wanted to give the little baron a good taste of the twenty-fifth century’s deadly body arts, but relented in the end.
Vexed, Lady Julia relented in the end, but sent a servant over with notes to the Blackmore and Asherby estates demanding their presence at dinner this evening at the Blake townhouse.
Indeed, Alethea should not have been aboard the ship in the first place - except that when she found out that Duncan was planning to take Caitriona to the Holy Land to see all the places he and Padraig had visited during his long pilgrimage, the younger girl had moped and whined and sulked until her father relented and agreed to take her, too.