simple past tense and past participle of bend

(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented. / (colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest. / (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual. / Determined or insistent.

An inclination or talent. / A predisposition to act or react in a particular way. / The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

Any of various stiff or reedy grasses. / A grassy area, grassland. / The old dried stalks of grasses.

(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. / (intransitive) To become curved. / (transitive) To cause to change direction.

A curve. / Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

An advantage; help or aid from something. / (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.

(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to. / (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

A dictatorship in which the leader has power only because the people choose to allow them to remain and puts the interests of the people first. This necessitates a wise use of power and generally prevents abuses since the benevolent dictator loses power if they are unsuitable.

A dictator who has power because the people allow it, and who might be peaceably removed from office by the will of the people.