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Definition of lent : 1. A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
2. imp. & p. p. of Lend.
3. of Lend
4. See Lento.
5. Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

Synonyms:

borrowed, lententide, out at interest

doled, presented, endowed, bequeathed, expended, rendered, imparted, sent, supplied, provided, gave, dispensed, paid, consigned, attributed, delivered, rationed, given, helped, lavished, offered, showered, assisted, funded, donated, disbursed, pledged, ascribed, allotted, allowed, furnished, assigned, tendered, shared, submitted, granted, devoted, extended, awarded, served, bestowed

mortgaged, let, pawned, sublet, leased, loaned, contributed, advanced

Usage examples:

• And even our Arctura came and asked if she might be " lent," to " open doors, or anything." - "We Girls: A Home Story", Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
• Thence by coach, it raining hard, to Mrs. Jem, where I staid a while, and so home, and late in the night put up my things in a sea- chest that Mr. Sheply lent me, and so to bed. - "Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright", Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke.
• But we'll have it all off his next account, Mr. Vavasor,- every shilling of it, It's only lent; that's all;- it's only lent." - "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope.