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pens up

pens up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pen up.

Meaning of pen up

Verb

pen up (third-person singular simple present pens up, present participle penning up, simple past and past participle penned up or (archaic) pent up)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (animals) in a pen.
  2. (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.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2

Questions about pens up

What is pens up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pens up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pen up.

Words near pens up in the dictionary

  1. Penruddock
  2. Penry
  3. Penryn
  4. pens
  5. pens in
  6. pens up
  7. Pensacola
  8. Pensacolan
  9. Pensacolans
  10. Pensarn
  11. pensative

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