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lends itself to

lends itself to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lend itself to.

Meaning of lend itself to

Verb

lend itself to (third-person singular simple present lends itself to, present participle lending itself to, simple past and past participle lent itself to)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To be suitable for; be amenable to.
    • The belief in a romantic chaos lends itself to pessimism, but it also lends itself to absolute self-assertion.1916, George Santayana, Egotism in German Philosophy

Questions about lends itself to

What is lends itself to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lends itself to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lend itself to.

Words near lends itself to in the dictionary

  1. lending library
  2. lendings
  3. lends
  4. lends a hand
  5. lends an ear
  6. lends itself to
  7. Lendu
  8. lene
  9. Leneghan
  10. Leneghans
  11. Lenehan

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