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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Pent | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Pent | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pent \Pent\, p. p. [or] a. [From {Pen}, v. t.] Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. Here in the body pent. --J. Montgomery. No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M. Sewall. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. [bd]Away with her, and pen her up.[b8] --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. | |
