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ize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser. This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. Chaucer. But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente. Chaucer.

Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.

The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.

That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill.

pocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton.

Authentic. [Archaic]

In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.

The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Barrow.

To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

Authentically.

The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Hammond.

A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authencity. Bouvier.

Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [Obs.] Mede.

To overtake. [Obs.] So forth he went and soon them overhent. Spenser.

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Shend, for shendeth. Chaucer.

Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Capable of being alleged or affirmed. The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South.

Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.