hent
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of hent
before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan
Example Sentences
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He was hent intently to his work in the noonday sun, and somehow I knew at that moment what would happen, I could see it.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
They wist how softily they could assail Them; and what falsehood they in heartè meant: And thus they Clerkis in their danger hent, With one venom, another is destroyed!
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
Jog on, jog on the footpath way, And merrily hent the stile-a!
From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)
Hereupon the Prince hent the reed in hand and broke it and drew forth the paper which he opened and read and comprehended.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
And he with that an Arwe hath hent 6330 And gan to teise it in his bowe, As he that can non other knowe, Bot that it was a beste wylde.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
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