hent
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of hent
before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan
Example Sentences
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The a at the end of lines is merely an addition in singing; the word hent means take.
From It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration by Joseph Morris
When Mariyah had made an end of her verses, she folded the letter and delivered it to the nurse, who hent it and went with it to Al-Abbas.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
To hent is used by Shakespeare for, to seize, to catch, to lay hold on.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
Wall, I did hent ter her thet p'raps yer could dew something, ef she wuz ter tell yer all abaout it; but she allowed thar wa'n't enny use in talkin'.
From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
Hereupon one hent him by the hand and after doing as he desired and setting him beside the tree returned to his own folk and the caravan loaded and left the place.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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