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lent itself to

lent itself to is the simple past and past participle 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 lent itself to

What is lent itself to the simple past and past participle of?
Lent itself to is the simple past and past participle of lend itself to.

Words near lent itself to in the dictionary

  1. lenswoman
  2. lenswomen
  3. lent
  4. lent a hand
  5. lent an ear
  6. lent itself to
  7. Lent lilies
  8. Lent lily
  9. Lent term
  10. Lent terms
  11. lental

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