Meaning of pen up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To enclose (animals) in a pen.
   transitive
2. To enclose as if in a pen.
   transitive

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Examples

“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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