pen up

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pen up

verb pens up · penning up · penned up · pent up

transitive To enclose (animals) in a pen.
transitive To enclose as if in a pen. Pent up in Utica he vainly forms / A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs, / And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs / A feeble Army, and an empty Senate, / Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.

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@misc{pen_up_2026,
  title = {pen up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pen%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}