Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A seizer; a grasper; a pursuer.

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Examples

  • He had no cares; no detts; no egstravigancies; he never was known to ride in a cabb, unless one of his tip-top friends lent it him; to go to a theayter unless he got a horder; or to henter a tavern or smoke a cigar.

    The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006

  • He had no cares; no detts; no egstravigancies; he never was known to ride in a cabb, unless one of his tip-top friends lent it him; to go to a theayter unless he got a horder; or to henter a tavern or smoke a cigar.

    Burlesques 2006

  • » VC-superstar Sequioa henter knap 30 mio.kr. til danske Unity - Bizzen - IT & Business

    Unity Technologies Raises $5.5 Million From Sequoia Capital Jason Kincaid 2005

  • » VC-superstar Sequioa henter knap 30 mio.kr. til danske Unity - Bizzen - IT & Business

    Unity Technologies Raises $5.5 Million From Sequoia Capital Jason Kincaid 2005

  • Le Recueil de Riom et la maniere de henter soutillement: Un livre de cuisine et un réceptaire sur les greffes du XVe siècle.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • Le Recueil de Riom et la maniere de henter soutillement: Un livre de cuisine et un réceptaire sur les greffes du XVe siècle.

    Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

  • 'It was not my place, sir, to henter into the conversation of the dinner-table,' said the butler, with a touch of reproof.

    The Man Upstairs and Other Stories 1928

  • Du er mit verdensalt, og fra din mund jeg henter al min skam og al min ære.

    An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913

  • He had no cares; no detts; no egstravigancies; he never was known to ride in a cabb, unless one of his tip-top friends lent it him; to go to a theayter unless he got a horder; or to henter a tavern or smoke a cigar.

    Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • At nine I henter from my dressing-room (has to a party), I make my bow -- my master (he's a Marquis in France, and ad misfortins, being connected with young Lewy Nepoleum) reseaves me -- I hadwance -- speak abowt the weather & the toppix of the day in an elegant & cussory manner.

    Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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  • "A seizer; a grasper; a pursuer." --CD&C

    May 21, 2012