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Definition of pencil verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pencil

verb
 
/ˈpensl/
 
/ˈpensl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pencil
 
/ˈpensl/
 
/ˈpensl/
he / she / it pencils
 
/ˈpenslz/
 
/ˈpenslz/
past simple pencilled
 
/ˈpensld/
 
/ˈpensld/
past participle pencilled
 
/ˈpensld/
 
/ˈpensld/
(US English) past simple penciled
 
/ˈpensld/
 
/ˈpensld/
(US English) past participle penciled
 
/ˈpensld/
 
/ˈpensld/
-ing form pencilling
 
/ˈpenslɪŋ/
 
/ˈpenslɪŋ/
(US English) -ing form penciling
 
/ˈpenslɪŋ/
 
/ˈpenslɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. pencil something to write, draw or mark something with a pencil
    • a pencilled portrait
    • A previous owner had pencilled ‘First Edition’ inside the book's cover.
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a fine paintbrush): from Old French pincel, from a diminutive of Latin peniculus ‘brush’, diminutive of penis ‘tail’. The verb was originally (early 16th cent.) in the sense ‘paint with a fine brush’.
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