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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hent \Hent\ (h[e^]nt), v. t. [imp. {Hente}; p. p. {Hent}.] [OE. hente, henten, fr AS hentan, gehentan to pursue, take seize; cf Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.] 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.
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