Penned

Penned
Pen Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {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]


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  • Penned — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • penned — Synonyms and related words: autograph, autographic, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, cabined, caged, calligraphic, chirographic, cloistered, closed in, confined, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • penned — pen n. writing tool that contains ink; author, writer; style of writing n. shed, sty; fold, yard; playpen v. write v. enclose, confine, fence into an enclosed area …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • confined fenced in penned — enclosed enclosed adj. surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of {unenclosed}. [Narrower terms: {basined}; {capsulate, capsulated}; {closed, closed in(predicate)}; {coarctate}; {confined, fenced in, penned}; {embedded, fixed};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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