BENT  . 1 . (From " to See also:

• BEND

bend "), primarily the result of bending; hence any inclination from the straight, as in curved See also:

• OBJECTS

objects like a See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook or a See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow; this survives in the See also:

• MODERN

modern phrase " to follow one's own bent," i.e. to pursue a certain course in a direction deviating from the normal, as also in such phrases as See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer's " Downward on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill under a bent," indicating a hollow or declivity in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general configuration of the See also:

• LAND

land . From the bending of a bow comes the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of tension, as in See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet, " they See also:

• FOOL (O. Fr. fol, modern fou, foolish, from a Late Latin use of follis, bellows, a ball filled with air, for a stupid person, a jester, a wind-bag)

fool me to the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of my bent," i.e. to the utmost of my capacity . 2 . (From the O . Eng. beonet, a coarse, rushy grass growing in wet places; cf. the Ger .