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overhenting

overhenting is the present participle and gerund of overhent.

Meaning of overhent

Verb

overhent (third-person singular simple present overhents, present participle overhenting, simple past and past participle overhent)

  1. (obsolete) To catch hold of; to overtake.
    • With that he would haue fled into the wood; / But Timias him lightly ouerhent, / Right as he entring was into the flood […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about overhenting

What is overhenting the present participle and gerund of?
Overhenting is the present participle and gerund of overhent.

Words near overhenting in the dictionary

  1. overhemisects
  2. overhend
  3. overhending
  4. overhends
  5. overhent
  6. overhenting
  7. overhents
  8. overhie
  9. overhied
  10. overhigh
  11. overhighly

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