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hents

hents is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hents

What is hents the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hents is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hent.

Words near hents in the dictionary

  1. hentriacontanes
  2. hentriacontanoic
  3. hentriacontanoic acid
  4. hentriacontanoic acids
  5. hentriacontene
  6. hents
  7. Hentschel
  8. hentschelite
  9. Henty
  10. Hentz
  11. Hentzes

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