The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pennedor 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. "Away with her, and pen her up." --Shak.
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Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.
--Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pent \Pent\ (p[e^]nt), p. p. or a. [From Pen, v. t.]
Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
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Here in the body pent. --J.
Montgomery.
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No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M.
Sewall.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
pent- \pent-\ (p[e^]nt), pref.
Same as penta-; -- used as a combining form before vowels,
as in pentoxide.
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