repenter (repenter)

One who repents. Sentences from which a too-late repenter will suck des. per at i on. Donne, Devotions, p. 221. Repent i at (rē-pen's hi-ä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of L. repen (t-) s, creeping: see repent2.] The limble lacertilians as a division of squamate reptiles. Merrem. repentingly (re-penting-li), adv. With repentance. Imp. Dict. repent le (re-pent'les), a. [ I send with this my discourse of ways and means for encouraging marriage and repeopling the island. Steele , Tatler, No. 195.