benet
Verb

benet (benets, present participle benetting; past and past participle benetted)

  1. (transitive) To catch in a net; ensnare.
  2. (transitive) To surround as by a net.
    • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2
      Being thus benetted round with villains
Noun

benet (plural benets)

  1. An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.



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