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"Grab the Henry and give it a once over, would you?"
"Still, understandably the Henries among us would like the lifestyle that goes with it. There are many reasons why one might want to look successful."
"And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […]"
"In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence."
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H
Common synonyms include: enrique, given name, h, heinrich, henri, heroin.
In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence.
Pronounced /ˈhɛn.ɹi/.
Named after American scientist Joseph Henry (1797–1878).
Rhyming slang, from Henry the Third.
From Henry the Eighth.
Initial letter.
From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).