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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HENT, v.t. To seize; to lay hold on.
1. To crowd; to press on.
HEND, or HENDY, a. Gentle.

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hentan — more at hunt Date: before 12th century archaic seize

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.