leant

[ lent ]

/ lɛnt /

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verb Chiefly British.

a past participle and simple past tense oflean¹.

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It has now leant its name to a shadowy cabal known within the German meat-processing industry as the Atlantic group.
Germany’s Sausage Cartel is the Wurst|Nico Hines|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2009, the bank leant $17.9 million to Krasnaya Polyana, OJSC, but the price-tag on this, too, kept increasing.
Putin's Criminal Olympics|Michael Weiss|January 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Almost 50 nations signed on to the so-called “coalition of the willing” and leant at least some small degree of support.
The Coalition of the Unwilling|Christopher Dickey|September 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
While many of these may have allowed Salt to blend in, they also leant a certain fashion cred to her style.
Salt's Spy Style|Stephanie LaCava|July 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The Biennale is always quite intense and feverish, but that heat leant an extra intensity, leant a few extra degrees to the fever.
The Ghost of Biennales Past|Taylor Antrim|June 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He leant against the wall of his refuge, notwithstanding this boast, and licked the ice to moisten his parched lips.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The old man, grizzled, tanned and seamed, leant weakly against the parapet.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Aristide, aglow with a sudden impudent inspiration, leant across the marble table.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Haggard leant from the window, waving his hand; his wife gazed after the vanishing train, standing like Niobe, dissolved in tears.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
His cousin amused, stimulated her beyond anything Tom could offer; she sought protection from him, leant upon him.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for leant

leant

/ (lɛnt) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of lean 1

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