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▪ I. ent1 Obs.—0
[a. Fr. ente:—late L. *impota: cf. imp.]
A scion or graft.
1648Hexham Dutch Dict., Eester, an Ent, a Scion, a Sprig, or a Graft.
▪ II. ent2, a. (quasi-n.) Metaph. rare.|ɛnt|
[ad. late L. ens, ent-is: see ens.]
See quot. (rendering of Gr. τὸ ὄν).
188.H. Jackson in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 315 Starting from the formula ‘the Ent (or existent) is, the Nonent is not’, Parmenides attempted, etc. Ibid., The Ent, i.e. the existent unity..which reason discovers beneath the variety and mutability of things.
▪ III. ent|ɛnt|
Also 'ent, e'nt, etc.
Dial. and colloq. var. isn't: see be v. A I. 1. Cf. ain't1.
1685C. Cooper Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ xix. 79 De Barbara dialecto... Facilitatis causa dicitur. Bellis Bellows follis 'ent is not nonne est. 1710[see be v. A I. 1]. 1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella (1948) I. 188 En't that right now? 1888in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1961[see personal n. 5]. 1977J. Johnston Shadows on our Skin 86 Bit young, ent he, for a girl like you? |