Definitions for PENTpɛnt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pentpɛnt(adj.)

  1. shut in; confined:

    pent cattle; pent emotions.

Origin of pent:

ptp. of late ME pend, var. of pen2 (v.); cf. spend

Pent.

  1. Pentecost.

    Category: Religion

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pent, shut up(p)(adj)

    closely confined

Wiktionary

  1. pent(Verb)

    ;

  2. pent(Adjective)

    Confined in a pen, imprisoned.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pent(u)

    of Pen

  2. Pent(verb)

    penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up


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