Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To catch in a net; insnare.
  • noun In the Roman Catholic Church, an exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To catch in a net; to insnare.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To catch in a net; ensnare.
  • verb To surround as by a net.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943)
  • noun United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)

Etymologies

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From be- +‎ net.

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Examples

  • And beside this, our common germander or thistle benet is found and known to be so wholesome and of so great power in medicine as any other herb, if they be used accordingly.

    Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart

  • And beside this, our common germander or thistle benet is found and known to be so wholesome and of so great power in medicine as any other herb, if they be used accordingly.

    Of Gardens and Orchards. Chapter III. [1587, Book II., Chapter 20 1909

  • Boil together hollyhock centaury, herb-benet, scabious, withy leaves; throw them hot into a vessel, set your lord on it; let him bear it as hot as he can, and whatever disease he has will certainly be cured, as men say.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Of a girl that's both wealthy and wanton benet him,

    Horace Theodore Martin 1862

  • This femininity eric benet a femininity eric benet well she it i the life.

    Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider 2009

  • The origin of benet jeogori dates back to King Jeongjo (1752-1800).

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  • KJ: heheheI love Julia! el benet betnam w 3alla2et 2awa3i btemha ... ma 6abee3i addeish ebtesamta mshanka7a LOL! .. the prodigious mab3oos: That was one well written article.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

  • During the eight-week program, which started April 16, mothers make baby journals and benet jeogori (the traditional first coat worn by a newborn baby) using traditional methods.

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  • KJ: heheheI love Julia! el benet betnam w 3alla2et 2awa3i btemha ... ma 6abee3i addeish ebtesamta mshanka7a LOL! .. the prodigious mab3oos: That was one well written article.

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