Strained; incurvated; made crooked; inclined; subdued.

of bend. Incurvated; inflected; inclined; prone to or having a fixed propensity; determined. Bent on, having a fixed inclination; resolved or determined on.

The state of being curving, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

Declivity; as the bent of a hill.

Inclination; disposition; a leaning or bias of mind; propensity; as the bent of the mind or will; the bent of a people towards an object. This may be natural or artificial, occasional or habitual, with indefinite degrees of strength.

Flexion; tendency; particular direction; as the bents and turns of a subject.

Application of the mind; a bending of the mind in study or investigation.

A kind of grass, called in botany, Agrostis, of several species.