pensée

[ pahn-sey ]

noun

, French.

, plural pen·sées [pah, n, -, sey].

1. a reflection or thought.

Example Sentences

The repetition of thought (in the rime) is correct; the F. text repeats pensee.

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There was an arriere pensee here too, born in the minds of northern capitalists.

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For myself, I am glad now that I never saw the city that was; for I can love the city that is with no arriere pensee.

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Here we have the "Arriere pensee" clue, that is, the clue in mental reservation; and here we meet the axiom.

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A savage will not assist in packing them, for he fears their heels: the Swiss say mules have always an arriere-pensee.

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