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hent
[ hent ]
verb (used with object)
, Archaic.
, hent, hent·ing.
- to seize.
hent
1/ hɛnt /
verb
- tr to seize; grasp
noun
- anything that has been grasped, esp by the mind
hent
2/ hɛnt /
verb
- dialect.to empty
I'll hent the water out in the garden
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hent1
before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hent1
Old English hentan to pursue; related to huntian to hunt
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Example Sentences
She was seated at a spinning-wheel, but seemed less occupied with the work, than hent on listening to some noise without.
From Project Gutenberg
Winslow set his teeth together and registered a mental vow to wring Rufus Hent's sunburned neck at the first opportunity.
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To hent is used by Shakespeare for, to seize, to catch, to lay hold on.
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