benet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈnɛt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Verb
benet (third-person singular simple present benets, present participle benetting, simple past and past participle benetted)
- (transitive) To catch in a net; ensnare.
- (transitive) To surround as by a net.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Being thus benetted round with villains
Etymology 2
From French [Term?], from Latin benedictus (“blessed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛnət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛnət
Danish
Inflection
| Inflection of benet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | benet | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | benet | — | —2 |
| Plural | benede | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | benede | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
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