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reptant

American  
[rep-tuhnt] / ˈrɛp tənt /

adjective

  1. repent.

reptant British  
/ ˈrɛptənt, ˈriːpənt /

adjective

  1. Also: repent.  biology creeping, crawling, or lying along the ground

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Etymology

Origin of reptant

1650–60; < Latin rēptant- (stem of rēptāns ), present participle of rēptāre to creep, equivalent to rēpt- (frequentative stem of rēpere to creep) + -ant- -ant

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Nam saepe in colli tondentes pabula laeta Lanigerae reptant pecudes quo quamque vocantes Invitant herbae gemmantes rore recenti8.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

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