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hent

[ hent ]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.
hent, henting.
  1. to seize.


hent

1

/ ɛԳ /

verb

  1. tr to seize; grasp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. anything that has been grasped, esp by the mind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hent

2

/ ɛԳ /

verb

  1. dialect.
    to empty

    I'll hent the water out in the garden

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hent1

before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hent1

Old English hentan to pursue; related to huntian to hunt
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Example Sentences

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Nicolae Hent put it bluntly when he brought his taxi in for service recently.

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“I have to make a living,” Hent recalled telling the shop.

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Two years from his planned retirement, Hent, 64, has now lengthened his workday, leaving his Queens home around 6 a.m. instead of coming into Manhattan in late morning.

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“You can drive an hour, you may not be able to find a passenger around downtown,” Hent said.

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Hent grossed $73,000 through the meter last year, $30,000 less than in 2019.

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