v. [f. BE- 2 + REND v.] trans. To rend or tear badly. Hence Berent ppl. a.
1582. Breton, Dolor. Disc., in Heliconia, I. 119. Who all berent, dooth chaunge among the breares.
1596. W. Smith, Chloris (1877), 9. Then red with ire, her tresses she berent.
1608. R. Johnson, Sev. Champions, 66. With limbes and members all to berent and torne.
