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Definition of Recanting
1. recant [v] - See also: recant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recanting
Literary usage of Recanting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... who had been condemned with him, was afterwards pardoned on recanting his
opinions. His other companions at the bar were Blessed John Larke, priest, ..."
2. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1851)
"A Song upon a recanting Lover. SURE 'twas a dream, how long, fond man, have I
Been fool'd into captivity ? By Newgate was my want of wit, ..."
3. Notices of Fugitive Tracts, and Chap-books Printed at Aldermary Churchyard by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1851)
"A Song upon a recanting Lover. SURE 'twas a dream, how long, fond man, have I
Been fool'd into captivity ? By Newgate was my want of wit, ..."
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