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31pent- — combining form see penta * * * pent1 «pehnt», adjective, verb. –adj. closely confined; penned; shut: »pent in the house all winter. a) a past tense and a past participle of pen2: »as if he had in prison long been pent …
32pent — adjective Etymology: probably from past participle of obsolete English pend to confine Date: 1550 shut up ; confined, repressed < a pent crowd > < pent up feelings > …
33pent — pent1 /pent/, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of pen2. adj. 2. shut in; confined. [ptp. of late ME pend (now obs.), var. of PEN2 (v.); cf. SPEND] pent2 /pent/, n. penthouse ( …
34pent-up — [[t]pe̱nt ʌ̱p[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Pent up emotions, energies, or forces have been held back and not expressed, used, or released. He still had a lot of pent up anger to release …
35pent up — adjective pent up emotions are not freely expressed: She began to cry, letting her pent up grief come out …
36pent — per·pent; re·pent·ant·ly; …
37pent — [[t]pɛnt[/t]] adj. shut in; confined: pent cattle; pent emotions[/ex] • Etymology: ptp. of late ME pend, var. of pen II (v.); cf. spend …
38pent-up — /ˈpɛnt ʌp/ (say pent up) adjective confined; restrained: pent up rage …
39Pent — 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… …
40pent- — To tread, go. Derivatives include find, pontiff, and sputnik. 1. find, from Old English findan, to find, from Germanic *finthan, to come upon, discover. 2. Suffixed o grade form *pont i . a …
