Meaning & use
Hents
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(archaic) Seizes, grasps, or takes hold of.
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The knight hents his sword before charging into battle, the old poem reads.
In the ballad, fate hents the hero by the collar and drags him to his doom.
A note on using this word
An archaic verb form found in Middle English and Renaissance poetry, including works by Chaucer and Spenser.
Words with a similar meaning
seizesgrasps
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