adjective
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Etymology
Origin of credent
1595–1605; < Latin crēdent- (stem of crēdēns ), present participle of crēdere to believe
Example Sentences
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Yet do you suppose that the structural convenience of the redent entirely effaces from the mind of the designer the aesthetic characters which he seeks in the cusp?
From Val d'Arno by Ruskin, John
Again: if you think of the tracery in its bars, you call the cusp a redent; but if you think of it in the openings, you call the apertures of it foils.
From Val d'Arno by Ruskin, John
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