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Webster 1913 Edition

Ponent

Po′nent

,

Adj.

[OF., fr. It.

ponente

, properly, setting (applied to the setting sun), fr. L.

ponens

, p. pr. of

ponere

to set, put.]

Western; occidental.

[R.]

Forth rush the levant and the

ponent

winds.

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ponent

PO'NENT

,

Adj.

[L. ponens, form pono, to set.]

Western; as the ponent winds. [Little used.]