hent

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hent

 (hĕnt)
tr.v. hent·ed, hent·ing, hents Obsolete
To take hold of; seize.

[Middle English henten, from Old English hentan.]
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hent

(hɛnt)
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]

hent

(hɛnt)
vb (tr)
dialect Southwest English to empty: I'll hent the water out in the garden.
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hent

(hɛnt)

v.t. hent, hent•ing. Archaic.
to seize.
[before 1000; Middle English henten, Old English hentan]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
hend, hent - To hend is to seize or take; hent is the act of seizing.
See also related terms for seizing.
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hent


Past participle: hented
Gerund: henting

Imperative
hent
hent
Present
I hent
you hent
he/she/it hents
we hent
you hent
they hent
Preterite
I hented
you hented
he/she/it hented
we hented
you hented
they hented
Present Continuous
I am henting
you are henting
he/she/it is henting
we are henting
you are henting
they are henting
Present Perfect
I have hented
you have hented
he/she/it has hented
we have hented
you have hented
they have hented
Past Continuous
I was henting
you were henting
he/she/it was henting
we were henting
you were henting
they were henting
Past Perfect
I had hented
you had hented
he/she/it had hented
we had hented
you had hented
they had hented
Future
I will hent
you will hent
he/she/it will hent
we will hent
you will hent
they will hent
Future Perfect
I will have hented
you will have hented
he/she/it will have hented
we will have hented
you will have hented
they will have hented
Future Continuous
I will be henting
you will be henting
he/she/it will be henting
we will be henting
you will be henting
they will be henting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been henting
you have been henting
he/she/it has been henting
we have been henting
you have been henting
they have been henting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been henting
you will have been henting
he/she/it will have been henting
we will have been henting
you will have been henting
they will have been henting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been henting
you had been henting
he/she/it had been henting
we had been henting
you had been henting
they had been henting
Conditional
I would hent
you would hent
he/she/it would hent
we would hent
you would hent
they would hent
Past Conditional
I would have hented
you would have hented
he/she/it would have hented
we would have hented
you would have hented
they would have hented
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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[3] Oren, A., Gurevich, P., Azachi, M., Hents, Y., (1992) Microbial degradation of pollutants at high salt concentrations.