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tone | repent |

As a noun tone

is .

As a verb repent is

(label) to feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".

As an adjective repent is

(chiefly|botany) creeping along the ground.

tone

English

(wikipedia tone)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ton, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A specific pitch.
  • (music) (in the diatonic scale ) An interval of a major second.
  • (music) (in a Gregorian chant ) A recitational melody.
  • The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
  • General character, mood, or trend.
  • Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
  • (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
  • (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
  • Children often read with a tone .
  • (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
  • * W. C. Bryant
  • Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
  • (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
  • * Bolingbroke
  • The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business.
  • The shade or quality of a colour.
  • The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
  • This picture has tone .
  • The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
  • (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
  • (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
  • Synonyms
    * (an interval of a major second ): whole tone
    Derived terms
    * dial tone * halftone * muscle tone * semitone * tonebar, tone bar * tone of voice

    Verb

    (ton)
  • to give a particular tone to
  • to change the colour of
  • to make (something) firmer
  • to harmonize, especially in colour
  • To utter with an affected tone.
  • Synonyms
    * (give a particular tone to) * (change the colour of) color/colour, dye, paint, tint * (make firmer) firm, firm up, tone up * (harmonize) harmonise/harmonize * (utter with an affected tone)
    Derived terms
    * toned * tone down * toner * tone up * tony, toney (affected tone)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) tone, ton, toon, from the incorrect division of ; see also (l).

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • The one (of two).
  • *, Bk.X, Ch.lxiij:
  • *:So wythin the thirde day, there cam to the cité thes two brethirne: the tone hyght Sir Helyus and the other hyght Helake
  • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * Eton * note ----

    repent

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) repentir, from (re-) + a late derivative of (etyl) , alteration of (etyl) paenitere.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
  • *
  • *:And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  • To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
  • :
  • *
  • *:I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent , ye shall all likewise perish.
  • (label) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
  • (label) To be sorry for, to regret.
  • :
  • To cause to have sorrow or regret.
  • *, Bk.VII:
  • *:at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith ," seyde the kynge.
  • *
  • *:And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
  • To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
  • Synonyms
    * (l) * (l)
    Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

  • (chiefly, botany) Creeping along the ground.
  • Synonyms
    * reptant

    References

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