pent
1[ pent ]
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of pen2.
adjective
shut in; confined.
Origin of pent
1First recorded in 1535–45; late Middle English pente, pent, past participle of obsolete pend, variant of pennen “to enclose, confine”; cf. pen2
Other definitions for pent (2 of 3)
pent2
[ pent ]
noun
Origin of pent
2By shortening
Other definitions for Pent. (3 of 3)
Pent.
abbreviation
Pentecost.
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British Dictionary definitions for pent
pent
/ (pɛnt) /
verb
a past tense and past participle of pen 2
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