pent

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pent - 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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  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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  pent- \pent-\ (p[e^]nt), pref.
     Same as penta-; -- used as a combining form before vowels,
     as in pentoxide.
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pent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pent
      adj 1: closely confined [syn: pent, shut up(p)]