hent Meaning, Definition & Usage

Hent transitive verb
Etymology
OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.
Wordforms
imperfect Hente; past participle Hent
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913