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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
On bookes and on learning he it spente.
hente
On bookes and on learning he it spente.
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hent
HENT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To crowd; to press on.