Usually means: Occupied a den; made home.
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  3. denned: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (DEN)

noun:  A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
noun:  A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
noun:  A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
noun:  Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”)
noun:  (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
noun:  A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
verb:  (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
verb:  (intransitive, zoology) Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Dennis.
noun:  Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight) [(historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.]
noun:  (Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene. [(Northumbria) A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet.]
adverb:  Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English. [(temporal location) At that time.]
noun:  (sports) Abbreviation of Denver. [The capital and largest city of Colorado.]
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