penning
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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.”
Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned or Pent (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] 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.”
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton.
pen
n 1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2: an enclosure for confining livestock
3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
[syn: playpen]
4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major
crimes [syn: penitentiary]
5: female swan
v : produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, indite]
[also: pent, penning, penned]
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]