Overhent

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To catch hold of; to overtake. obsolete

    "With that he would haue fled into the wood; / But Timias him lightly ouerhent, / Right as he entring was into the flood […]"

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"With that he would haue fled into the wood; / But Timias him lightly ouerhent, / Right as he entring was into the flood […]"

Etymology

From over- + hent.

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