hent

[ hent ]

/ 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

Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Henslowe, Henson, hent, hentai, Hentoff, hen tracks, Henty, Henze

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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 Lever
Winslow 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 Montgomery
To 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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