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arent¹

  • /ˈɑːɹɛnt/ UK
  • /ˈɑɹɛnt/ US

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin ārentem, the accusative singular form of ārēns (“drying, parching; withering”), the present participle of āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to dry; to burn; ashes”).

adjective more arent · most arent

  1. obsolete, rare Drying out, parching, withering. The Lyon alſo is a ſignification of the ſunne, for the haires of his mane do reſemble the ſtreaming beames of the ſunne, and therefore this conſtellation is ſtiled vvith the ſame epithites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æſtiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot, flammant, burning, Hercule

    Similar: desiccating, exsiccating

arent²

Where it comes from

See aren't.

verb

  1. misspelling Misspelling of aren't

Arent³

proper noun Arents

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ploughpan, ploughzone, rigosol, plowpan, tillage, land, ground, soil, biobed, trench-plough, tilth, trench-plow, aquent, ploughland, moot earth, till

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"arent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/arent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

arent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/arent

Chicago

"arent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/arent.

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@misc{arent_2026,
  title = {arent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}