verb
- past tense and past participle of 'ken'; to know or be acquainted with
Usage: chiefly Scottish or archaic
adjective
- known or recognized
Usage: chiefly Scottish or archaic
Examples
- He kent the old farmer well from his childhood days.
- She was a kent figure in the village for many years.
- I kent him as soon as he walked through the door.
- The kent path through the forest was safer than the new one.
- They kent each other from their school days.