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penning |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {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. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: penning n : the act of creating written works "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" [syn: {writing}, {authorship}, {composition}]
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