benet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈnɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

benet (third-person singular simple present benets, present participle benetting, simple past and past participle benetted)

1. (transitive) To catch in a net; ensnare.
2. (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnət/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnət

Noun

benet (plural benets)

1. An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.

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