To write on or mark something with a pen; to compose or write down.
From 'be-' prefix + 'pen'. This follows the standard Early Modern pattern of creating verbs that mean 'to apply an instrument to' or 'to mark with' a tool.
Before printing presses became dominant, 'bepen' was a poetic way to describe the act of writing—connecting the physical pen to the creation of literature.
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