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   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.
   
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   Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. Milton.
   
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   Pent (pĕnt), 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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