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pent
1[ pent ]
/ pɛnt /
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verb
a simple past tense and past participle of pen2.
adjective
shut in; confined.
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Origin of pent
1First recorded in 1535–45; late Middle English pente, pent, past participle of obsolete pend, variant of pennen “to enclose, confine”; cf. pen2
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Origin of pent
2By shortening
Other definitions for pent (3 of 3)
Pent.
abbreviation
Pentecost.
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