Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Pent /(pĕnt)/ · IPA /pɛnt/ 01 p. p. [or] a. Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. 1. Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. “Here in the body pent.” — J. Montgomery. “No pent-up Utica contracts your powers.” — J. M. Sewall.