'Pent' definitions:
Definition of 'pent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Closely confined [syn: pent, shut up(p)]
Definition of 'Pent'
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 'Pent'
From: GCIDE
- Pent \Pent\ (p[e^]nt), p. p. or a. [From Pen, v. t.] Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
- Here in the body pent. --J. Montgomery. [1913 Webster]
- No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M. Sewall. [1913 Webster]