credent

English

Adjective

credent (comparative more credent, superlative most credent)

1. (obsolete) Gullible.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], lines 28–31:

     Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.

Derived terms

• credently
• miscredent

 

Related terms

• credence

Anagrams

• centred, red cent

Latin

Verb

crēdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of crēdō

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛdɛnt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkreːdɛnt/, /ˈkrɛdɛnt/

Verb

credent (literary)

1. third-person plural imperfect/conditional/imperative of credu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
credent	gredent	nghredent	chredent
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.