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Definition of Penning
1. Noun. The act of creating written works. "It was a matter of disputed authorship"
Generic synonyms: Verbal Creation
Specialized synonyms: Adoxography, Drafting, Dramatisation, Dramatization, Fabrication, Fictionalisation, Fictionalization, Historiography, Metrification, Novelisation, Novelization, Redaction, Lexicography, Versification
Examples of category: Compose, Indite, Pen, Write, Write About, Write Of, Write On, Profile, Paragraph, Dash Off, Fling Off, Knock Off, Scratch Off, Toss Off, Rewrite, Write Copy, Adopt, Dramatise, Dramatize, Draft, Outline, Author, Co-author, Ghost, Ghostwrite, Annotate, Footnote, Cite, Reference, Write Out, Write Up, Script
Derivative terms: Author, Compose, Pen, Write
Definition of Penning
1. Verb. (present participle of pen) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penning
1. pen [v] - See also: pen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penning
Literary usage of Penning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"The case came on at the Old Bailey on 11 April 1815, when penning was ... It was
conclusively proved that penning had asked and received leave to make the ..."
2. Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from the by George Henry Borrow (1825)
"ELIZA penning was indicted for that she, on the 21st day of March, ... From the
age of about fourteen Elizabeth penning had been out in servitude; ..."
3. Celebrated Trials of All Countries: And Remarkable Cases of Criminal by comp John Jay Smith, John Jay] [Smith (1843)
"... penning had heen out in servi- tude ; and at twenty-two, in the latter end of
January, 1H15, heing hired as cook into the family of Mr. ..."
4. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1903)
"Mr. penning: I sell at home mostly. Mr. Frank Yahnke: Do you order your baskets
... Mr. penning: I order my baskets in March. They are nice smooth baskets. ..."
5. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1891)
"Disguised as a merchant travelling with his servant, who was personated by the
other agent penning, with the story in his mouth of a Britannic uncle ..."
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