bennet

[ ben-it ]

noun

herb bennet.

Origin of bennet

1225–75; Middle English (herbe) beneit<Old French (herbe) beneite, translation of Latin (herba) benedicta blessed (herb) (>Old English benedicte,Old High German benedicta,Middle Dutch benedictus-kruid). See Benedictus

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How to use bennet in a sentence

Skye (Chloe bennet) noted that the team was “not Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., just agents of nothing.”
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bennet, you might recall, was one of the few Democrats not running against witches who held on to beat a Tea Party GOPer.
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Kate wore one of her trusty stand-bys, a full-length LK bennet coat, in red, natch, and demure black heels.
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Now Elizabeth bennet, or Bridget Jones, or me, or you, have to forge our own happiness from scratch once again.
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And Mr bennet appears as we've never seen him (and didn't really want to).
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Christopher bennet died; a distinguished London physician, and writer on medical subjects.
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"And now, I have one other thing to say," Miss bennet continued.
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Then you can go and explain to Miss bennet why I told you to remain in this afternoon.
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Ruth, meanwhile, was sitting on the floor in front of Miss bennet's fire.
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Some weeks afterwards, Miss bennet sent for her to her room.
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British Dictionary definitions for bennet

bennet

/ (ˈbɛnɪt) /

noun

short for herb bennet

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