penning
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the act of creating written works“writing was a form of therapy for him”“it was a matter of disputed authorship”Synonyms: writingauthorshipcomposition
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. "A prayer elaborately penned." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]