hent

verb3

1. •
   (no longer used) To take hold of, to grasp.

   • This cursed man hath in his hond y-hent / This poyson in a box, and sith he ran / In-to the nexte strete, un-to a man, / And borwed [of] him large botels three — 1400
2. •
   (no longer used) To take away, carry off, apprehend.
3. •
   (no longer used) To clear; to go beyond.