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Went vs Gent - What's the difference?

went | gent |

As a verb went

is (go).

As a noun went

is (obsolete) a course; a way, a path; a journey.

As a proper noun gent is

or gent can be ghent.

went

English

Verb

(head)
  • (go)
  • (nonstandard)
  • (archaic) (wend)

    • Derived terms

    * (l), (l) (both archaic)

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
  • * Chaucer
    • At a turning of a wente .
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.5:
    • But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went .

    Anagrams

    * newt 200 English basic words English irregular simple past forms ----

    gent

    English

    Etymology 1

    From gentleman .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gentleman.
    • Related terms
    * genteel * gentile * gentle

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gent, ultimately from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
  • * Chaucer
    • A knight [who] was fair and gent .
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ix:
    • He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent , / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
  • (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
  • * Spenser
    • Her body gent and small.
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