Definition of bent

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Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

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Labent :: Labent (a.) Slipping; sliding; gliding.
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..
Bent :: Bent () of Ben.
Looped :: Looped (a.) Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string..
Thysanura :: Thysanura (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura..
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..
Bowbent :: Bowbent (a.) Bent, like a bow..
Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..
Accumbency :: Accumbency (n.) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Benting Time :: Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe..
Kneed :: Kneed (a.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass..
Prejudice :: Prejudice (n.) To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman..
Residence :: Residence (n.) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
Geniculation :: Geniculation (n.) The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.
Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility..
Bent :: Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
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