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hented

hented is the simple past and past participle of hent.

Meaning of hent

Verb

hent (third-person singular simple present hents, present participle henting, simple past and past participle hented)

  1. (obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
    • This cursed man hath in his hond y-hent / This poyson in a box, and sith he ran / In-to the nexte strete, un-to a man, / And borwed [of] him large botels three;1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Pardoner's Tale", The Canterbury Tales, republished 1897 [Clarendon Press], Walter W. Skeat (editor), Chaucer's Works: Volume 4, 2018 reprint, Outlook Verlag, page 533
  2. (obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To clear; to go beyond.

Questions about hented

What is hented the simple past and past participle of?
Hented is the simple past and past participle of hent.

Words near hented in the dictionary

  1. hentai
  2. hentaigana
  3. hentais
  4. hentak
  5. hentak kaki
  6. hented
  7. Hentenian
  8. hentetracontane
  9. Henthorn
  10. Henthorne
  11. Henthornes

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