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PENT
pent, shut up
(adjective) closely confined
PEN
write, compose, pen, indite
(verb) produce a literary work; “She composed a poem”; “He wrote four novels”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pent (plural pents)
Confinement; concealment.
Adjective
pent
Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
• W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado.
Usage notes
Use of bare “pent”, as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of “pent up” or “pent in” remains about as common.)
Verb
pent
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned
Etymology 2
Noun
pent (plural pents)
(informal, music) A pentatonic scale.
Etymology 3
Noun
pent (plural pents)
(informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.
Anagrams
• ENTP, PETN
Etymology
Noun
Pent (plural Pents)
(computing) A Pentium microprocessor or computer.
Anagrams
• ENTP, PETN
Source: Wiktionary
Pent, p. p. or a. Etym: [From Pen, v. t.]
Definition: Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. Here in the body pent. J. Montgomery. No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. J. M. Sewall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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