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hent  (hnt)
tr.v. hent·ed, hent·ing, hents Obsolete
To take hold of; seize.
[Middle English henten, from Old English hentan.]
hent1 Archaic
vb
(tr) to seize; grasp
n
anything that has been grasped, esp by the mind
[Old English hentan to pursue; related to huntian to hunt]
hent2
vb (tr)
Southwestern English dialect to empty I'll hent the water out in the garden


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We might compare Friar Peter's lines - "Twice have the trumpets sounded; / The generous and gravest citizens / Have hent the gates, and very near upon / The duke is ent'ring" (4.
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