HENT

Etymology

Verb

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

(obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.

(obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.

(obsolete, transitive) To clear; to go beyond.

Anagrams

• Neth, Neth., Then, ethn-, then

Source: Wiktionary

Hent, v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] Etym: [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.]

Definition: To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser. This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. Chaucer. But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition