[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pen \pen\, v. t. imp.  p. p. penned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   penning.
   to write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to
   compose; as, to pen a sonnet. "a prayer elaborately penned."
   --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
penned penning 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pen \pen\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pennedor pent ?; p. pr. 
   vb. n. penning. oe. pennen, as. pennan in on-pennan to
   unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig.
   meaning, to fasten with a peg.see pin, n.  v.
   to shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small
   inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to
   inclose. "away with her, and pen her up." --shak.
   1913 webster

         watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.
                                                  --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
penned pent penning pin 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

penned \penned\, a.
   1. winged; having plumes. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. written with a pen; composed. "their penned speech."
      --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. enclosed in a pen; -- of animals.
      pjc

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pen
     n 1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
     2: an enclosure for confining livestock
     3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
        syn: playpen
     4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major
        crimes syn: penitentiary
     5: female swan
     v : produce a literary work; "she composed a poem"; "he wrote
         four novels" syn: write, compose, indite
     also: pent, penning, penned
see also:
playpen penitentiary write compose indite pent 
penning penned 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

penned
     adj : enclosed by a confining fence syn: confined, fenced in
see also:
confined fenced in 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

penned
     see pen
see also:
pen 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "penned":
   autograph, autographic, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged,
   blockaded, bound, cabined, caged, calligraphic, chirographic,
   cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off,
   corralled, cramped, cribbed, cursive, enclosed, engrossed, fenced,
   flowing, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric,
   hedged, hemmed, holograph, holographic, immured, imprisoned,
   in longhand, in shorthand, in writing, incarcerated, inscribed,
   italic, italicized, jailed, leaguered, longhand, manuscript, mewed,
   on paper, paled, penciled, pent-up, printed, quarantined, railed,
   restrained, running, scriptorial, scriptural, shorthand, shut-in,
   stylographic, walled, walled-in, written

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