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单词 hent
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hent

[ hent ]
/ hɛnt /

verb (used with object), hent, hent·ing.Archaic.

to seize.

Origin of hent

before 1000; Middle English henten,Old English hentan

Words nearby hent

Hensen, Hensen's cell, Hensen's node, Henslowe, Henson, hent, hentai, Hentoff, hen tracks, Henty, Henze
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Example sentences from the Web for hent

  • She was seated at a spinning-wheel, but seemed less occupied with the work, than hent on listening to some noise without.

    St. Patrick's Eve|Charles James Lever

  • To hent is used by Shakespeare for, to seize, to catch, to lay hold on.

    Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies|Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for hent (1 of 2)

hent1
/ (hɛnt) archaic /

verb

(tr) to seize; grasp

noun

anything that has been grasped, esp by the mind

Word Origin for hent

Old English hentan to pursue; related to huntian to hunt

British Dictionary definitions for hent (2 of 2)

hent2
/ (hɛnt) /

verb (tr)

Southwest English dialect to emptyI'll hent the water out in the garden
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