'Penned' definitions:

Definition of 'Penned'

From: GCIDE
  • Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned; p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. "A prayer elaborately penned." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Penned'

From: GCIDE
  • Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pennedor 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Penned'

From: GCIDE
  • Penned \Penned\, a.
  • 1. Winged; having plumes. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Written with a pen; composed. "Their penned speech." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Enclosed in a pen; -- of animals. [PJC]