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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hent

/(hĕnt)/ · IPA
01 v. t. To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
imp. Hente; p. p. Hent
  1. 1.
    To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.[Obs.]
    “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.