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bent adjective. ME.
[pa. pple of BEND verb.]
Wound up or braced for action; levelled as a weapon. ME-L17.
Constrained into a curve, bowed, crooked; deflected from a straight line. LME.
bent brow arch. a wrinkled or knit brow. bentwood wood artificially curved for making furniture.
J. G. Cozzens A man in a worn grey felt hat and a shabby brown suit stepped, bent, into the rain. P. Davies In a bent spacetime, it is no surprise if the paths of light rays are bent.
Determined, resolved, set. Now only pred. Foll. by on, upon, (arch.) to do. LME.
R. Ascham The bent enemie against God and good order. W. Morris Like my fathers, bent to gather fame. L. M. Montgomery As you're evidently bent on talking you might as well talk to some purpose. G. Charles I was still bent..on a career in journalism.
fig. Dishonest, criminal; illicit, stolen; perverted, homosexual. Cf. CROOKED adjective 3, 4. slang. E20.
P. Laurie They could go bent on usI hope most policemen would laugh at 500, but they might not. G. F. Newman The two rooms held nothing bent. Q. Crisp I used to tell the audience that I was about to deliver a straight talk from a bent speaker.