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Definition: Hent
Hent
\Hent\ (h[e^]nt), v. 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.
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This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. --Chaucer.
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But all that he might of his friendes hente
On bookes and on learning he it spente. --Chaucer.
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Hent
\Hent\ (h[e^]nt), v. 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.
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This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. --Chaucer.
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But all that he might of his friendes hente
On bookes and on learning he it spente. --Chaucer.
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