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Webster 1913 Edition


Hent

Hent

(hĕnt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Hente
;
p. p.
Hent
.]
[OE.
hente
,
henten
, fr. AS.
hentan
,
gehentan
, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel.
henda
, Goth.
hinpan
(in compos.), and E.
hunt
.]
To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Spenser.
This cursed Jew him
hente
and held him fast.
Chaucer.
But all that he might of his friendes
hente

On bookes and on learning he it spente.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hent

HENT

,
Verb.
T.
To seize; to lay hold on.
1.
To crowd; to press on.

Definition 2024


hent

hent

See also: hënt and Hënt

English

Alternative forms

  • hente (13th-16th centuries)

Verb

hent (third-person singular simple present hents, present participle henting, simple past and past participle hent)

  1. (obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
  2. (obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.

Anagrams


Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hɨnt, from Proto-Celtic *sentus, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (to head for, go).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛ̃nd/

Noun

hent m (plural hentoù)

  1. way, street

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hent

  1. imperative of hente