Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ent
Participle: ented
Gerund: enting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ent |
| you | ent |
| he;she;it | ents |
| we | ent |
| you | ent |
| they | ent |
Perfect
| I | have ented |
| you | have ented |
| he;she;it | has ented |
| we | have ented |
| you | have ented |
| they | have ented |
Past
| I | ented |
| you | ented |
| he;she;it | ented |
| we | ented |
| you | ented |
| they | ented |
Pluperfect
| I | had ented |
| you | had ented |
| he;she;it | had ented |
| we | had ented |
| you | had ented |
| they | had ented |
Future
| I | will ent |
| you | will ent |
| he;she;it | will ent |
| we | will ent |
| you | will ent |
| they | will ent |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ented |
| you | will have ented |
| he;she;it | will have ented |
| we | will have ented |
| you | will have ented |
| they | will have ented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ent |
| you | ent |
| he;she;it | ent |
| we | ent |
| you | ent |
| they | ent |
Perfect
| I | have ented |
| you | have ented |
| he;she;it | have ented |
| we | have ented |
| you | have ented |
| they | have ented |
Imperfect
| I | ented |
| you | ented |
| he;she;it | ented |
| we | ented |
| you | ented |
| they | ented |
Pluperfect
| I | had ented |
| you | had ented |
| he;she;it | had ented |
| we | had ented |
| you | had ented |
| they | had ented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ent |
| you | would ent |
| he;she;it | would ent |
| we | would ent |
| you | would ent |
| they | would ent |
Perfect
| I | would have ented |
| you | would have ented |
| he;she;it | would have ented |
| we | would have ented |
| you | would have ented |
| they | would have ented |
Imperative
| you | ent |
| we | Let's ent |
| you | ent |
Verbs conjugated like 'ent'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ent'
ant,
dent,
eat,
elt,
end,
ert,
hent,
kent,
rent,
tent,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Possibly from empty, through assimilation of /m/ to the following /t/.
Sample Sentences
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"[…] ent me out some beer, / Fill up my glass to quinch my thust, Weth bitter like thee'st gove me fust." [1880, Cornish tales, Cornish tales, in prose and verse, in the Cornish dialect [ed. by J.T. Tregellas]., page 26:]
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A Truro correspondent remembers being sent to buy a teapot with the admonition 'and see he got a good ent to un'; that is, of course, a good 'pour'.
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"Enting down with rain" is still occasionally heard. [1976, K. C. Phillips, Westcountry Words and Ways, Newton Abbot: David & Charles, page 47:]
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"And look at it enting down. I'm glad I'm not out in it." [2015 April 28, Beth Hersant, Good Neighbours, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 285:]
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'Stay a space longer,' urged Music. 'Look at'n. 'Tis enting down.' 'Put yer clothes on, then,' said Katie. You'll catch yer death.' He dragged off into the scullery and presently emerged in his Sunday best. [2019 October 22, Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword: A Novel of Cornwall, 1815, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:]