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PENT

\pˈɛnt], \pˈɛnt], \p_ˈɛ_n_t]\

Definitions of PENT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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closely confined

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

closely confined

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Shut up; closely confined; as, his pent anger broke forth at last.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Pa.t. and pa.p. of PEN, to shut up.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Of to pen; closely confined.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Penned up or in; closely confined.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Confined or crowded into a narrow space.
See pen.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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