† repentine, a. Obs.
[a. obs. F. repentin, -ine (Godef.), or ad. L. repentīnus, f. repent-, repens sudden: see -ine.]
Sudden.
| c 1510 Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) B v, Enterprises rashe, hastie and repentine, Are chiefe thinges bringing great workes to ruine. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 51 b/1 All repentine and subite permutations are vnto our bodyes very preiudicialle. 1624 Bp. Andrewes Serm. (1629) 259 Never trust a repentance repentine; no sodein flash or brunt. 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Pet. ii. 1 Those repentine, serpentine mischiefes sting before they hisse. |