hent

American

[hent] / hɛnt /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

hent, henting

to seize.

hent ¹ British

/ hɛnt /

verb

(tr) to seize; grasp

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noun

anything that has been grasped, esp by the mind

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hent ² British

/ hɛnt /

verb

dialect to empty

I'll hent the water out in the garden

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Etymology

Origin of hent

before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan

Example Sentences

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Nicolae Hent put it bluntly when he brought his taxi in for service recently.

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“I have to make a living,” Hent recalled telling the shop.

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Two years from his planned retirement, Hent, 64, has now lengthened his workday, leaving his Queens home around 6 a.m. instead of coming into Manhattan in late morning.

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“You can drive an hour, you may not be able to find a passenger around downtown,” Hent said.

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Hent grossed $73,000 through the meter last year, $30,000 less than in 2019.

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