verb Tent v. t. To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.)
Tent v. t. To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively. "I'll tent him to the quick."
Tent v. i. (past & past part. tented; pres. part. tenting) To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. "We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground."
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