Definition of bent

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

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Flexion :: Flexion (n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold.
Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Bent; turned; deflected.
Benthamite :: Benthamite (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.
Pulu :: Pulu (n.) A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent..
Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold..
Knock-knee :: Knock-knee (n.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Vicar :: Vicar (n.) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
Bent :: Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees..
Bent :: Bent (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Intent :: Intent (a.) Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Cumbent :: Cumbent (a.) Lying down; recumbent.
Succursal :: Succumbent (a.) Submissive; yielding.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow..
Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form..
Flexicostate :: Flexicostate (a.) Having bent or curved ribs.
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..
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