Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pennate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Winged; having plumes.
  • adjective Written with a pen; composed.
  • adjective Enclosed in a pen; -- of animals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pen.
  • adjective obsolete winged; having plumes

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  • I like nouns which you can turn into verbs. Other examples (in the past tense) are trousered and tabled

    November 3, 2008