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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Penned \Penned\, a. 1. Winged; having plumes. [Obs.] 2. Written with a pen; composed. [bd]Their penned speech.[b8] --Shak. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. [bd]A prayer elaborately penned.[b8] --Milton. | |
| 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. | |
