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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 746 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENT . 1. (From " to See also:

bend "), primarily the result of bending; hence any inclination from the straight, as in curved See also:objects like a See also:hook or a See also:bow; this survives in the See also:modern phrase " to follow one's own bent," i.e. to pursue a certain course in a direction deviating from the normal, as also in such phrases as See also:Chaucer's " Downward on a See also:hill under a bent," indicating a hollow or declivity in the See also:general configuration of the See also:land. From the bending of a bow comes the See also:idea of tension, as in See also:Hamlet, " they See also:fool me to the See also:top of my bent," i.e. to the utmost of my capacity. 2. (From the O. Eng. beonet, a coarse, rushy grass growing in wet places; cf. the Ger.

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