hent

[ hent ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, hent, hent·ing.

hent

/ hɛnt /

hent

/ hɛnt /

Origin of hent¹

before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan

Origin of hent¹

Old English hentan to pursue; related to huntian to hunt

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

Winslow set his teeth together and registered a mental vow to wring Rufus Hent's sunburned neck at the first opportunity.

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

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