pent
See also: pent-
English
Noun
pent (plural pents)
- confinement; concealment
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
- There was a catch in my voice, thick as it was with the pent of unshed tears; had I let them flow they would have come out forty per cent proof.
Adjective
pent
- Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
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- I shall achieve in time —
- To let the punishment fit the crime —
- The punishment fit the crime;
- And make each prisoner pent
- Unwillingly represent
- A source of innocent merriment!
- Of innocent merriment!
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Usage notes
Use of bare “pent”, as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of “pent up” or “pent in” remains about as common.)
Translations
Confined in a pen, imprisoned
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Verb
pent
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Anagrams
Danish
Adjective
pent
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
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Old French
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