entn.1
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A scion or graft.
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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Eester,..an Ent, a Scion, a Sprig, or a Graft.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
entn.2
/ɛnt/ metaphorical. rare.
See quot. (rendering of Greek τὸ ὄν).
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > that which exists
entity1604
essential1667
instant1677
ent188.
is1897
188. H. Jackson in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 315 Starting from the formula ‘the Ent (or existent) is, the Nonent is not’, Parmenides attempted, etc.
188. H. Jackson in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 315 The Ent, i.e. the existent unity..which reason discovers beneath the variety and mutability of things.
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ENT
ENT n. [initialism from ear, nose, throat] a branch of surgery or medical science dealing with abnormal conditions of the ear, nose, and throat; = otorhinolaryngology n.
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1915 Red Bk. Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists 251/1 BLAKE, John M. Uv. Vt. 1898. E. N. T.
1952 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in House xiv. 154 The E.N.T. clinic was busy..for the London atmosphere silted up patients' sinuses and roughened their lungs.
2010 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 25 Jan. A3/5 He got tired of listening to me cry over the pain, (and) sent me to an ENT doctor.
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