\Re"pent\ (r?"p?nt), a. [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p.
pr. of repere to creep.]
1. (Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Reptant}.

\Re*pent"\ (r?-p?nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Repented}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Repenting}.] [F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re-
+ poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I
repent. See {Penitent}.]
1. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or
   omitted to do.
         First she relents With pity; of that pity then
         repents.                              --Dryden.
2. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account
   of regret or dissatisfaction.
         Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see
         war, and they return to Egypt.        --Ex. xiii.
                                               17.
3. (Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek
   forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
         Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. --Luke
                                               xii. 3.

\Re*pent"\, v. t.
1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
         I do repent it from my very soul.     --Shak.
2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
         My father has repented him ere now.   --Dryden.
3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
   [Archaic] ``And it repented the Lord that he had made man
   on the earth.'' --Gen. vi. 6.