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verb
1.
a simple past tense and past participle of pen2.
adjective
2.
shut in; confined.
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Pent.
noun
1.
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
2.
a detachable metal penpoint, filled by dipping or with a quill; nib.
3.
such a penpoint with its penholder.
4.
fountain pen.
5.
EXPANDball-point pen.
6.
the pen as the instrument of writing or authorship: The pen is mightier than the sword.
7.
a person's style or quality of writing: He writes with a witty, incisive pen.
8.
a writer: I leave this story to abler pens.
9.
the profession of writing: a master of the pen.
10.
Computers. stylus (def. 3).
11.
Ornithology.
a.
a quill.
b.
a pinfeather.
12.
something resembling or suggesting a feather or quill.
13.
COLLAPSEZoology. an internal, corneous or chitinous, feather-shaped structure in certain cephalopods, as the squid.
verb (used with object)
14.
to write with or as with a pen; put down in writing: to pen an essay.
15.
to draw with or as with a pen: to pen a sketch.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English penne < Old French penne pen, feather < Late Latin penna, Latin: feather
1250–1300; Middle English penne < Old French penne pen, feather < Late Latin penna, Latin: feather
Related forms
pen·like, adjective
pen·ner, noun
noun
1.
a small enclosure for domestic animals.
2.
animals so enclosed: We have a pen of twenty sheep.
3.
an enclosure used for confinement or safekeeping: We have built several pens to hold our harvest of corn.
4.
EXPAND6.
COLLAPSEa dock having a protective concrete structure overhead, used to service and repair submarines.
verb (used with object)
7.
to confine in or as in a pen.
Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English penne, Old English penn (in compounds); perhaps akin to pin; (v.) Middle English pennen, derivative of the noun
before 1000; (noun) Middle English penne, Old English penn (in compounds); perhaps akin to pin; (v.) Middle English pennen, derivative of the noun
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Word Origin & History
pen
"enclosure for animals," O.E. penn, penne, "enclosure," perhaps related to O.E. pinn "pin, peg" (see pin) on notion of a bolted gate or else "structure made of pointed stakes." The verb, "to enclose in a pen" is attested from c.1200. Slang noun meaning "prison" (1884) is shortening
EXPANDof penitentiary (q.v.), but earlier use (1845) is probably a fig. extension of this word.
pent
"kept in, confined," c.1550, variant of penned, pp. of the verb from pen (2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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