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arrent, v.|əˈrɛnt|
[a. F. arrenter (14th c. in Littré), also in OF. arentir, f. à to + rente rent. Cf. med.L. arrentāre, common in Eng. charters and law-books (f. the Fr.).]
To let out or farm at a rent; spec. to allow the enclosure of forest lands ‘with a low hedge, and small ditch’ under a yearly rent. Hence arrenting vbl. n.
1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest ix. §3 (1615) 70 Which must be entred of record at the time of the arrenting thereof. 1755Carte Hist. Eng. IV. 22 Upon pretence that no [lands] can be assarted, but what have been formerly arrented. |