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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pen up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To enclose (animals) in a pen.
  2. (transitive) To enclose as if in a pen.
    • Pent up in Utica he vainly forms / A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs, / And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs / A feeble Army, and an empty Senate, / Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pent up Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
pent up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part archaic lexicographic
pens up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
penned up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
penned up Tense=Past lexicographic
penning up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic