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hent
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/ hɛnt /
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verb (used with object), hent, hent·ing.Archaic.
to seize.
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Origin of hent
before 1000; Middle English henten,Old English hentan
Words nearby hent
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How to use hent in a sentence
She was seated at a spinning-wheel, but seemed less occupied with the work, than hent on listening to some noise without.
St. Patrick's Eve|Charles James LeverWinslow set his teeth together and registered a mental vow to wring Rufus Hent's sunburned neck at the first opportunity.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901|Lucy Maud MontgomeryTo hent is used by Shakespeare for, to seize, to catch, to lay hold on.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies|Samuel Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for hent (1 of 2)
hent1
/ (hɛnt) archaic /
verb
(tr) to seize; grasp
noun
anything that has been grasped, esp by the mind
Word Origin for hent
Old English hentan to pursue; related to huntian to hunt
British Dictionary definitions for hent (2 of 2)
hent2
/ (hɛnt) /
verb (tr)
Southwest English dialect to emptyI'll hent the water out in the garden
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