pensée

[ pahn-sey ]

noun,plural pen·sées

[pahn-sey]. /pɑ̃ˈseɪ/. French.

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The repetition of thought (in the rime) is correct; the F. text repeats pensee.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
There was an arriere pensee here too, born in the minds of northern capitalists.
The Negro in the South | Booker T. Washington
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.
The Californiacs | Inez Haynes Irwin
Here we have the "Arriere pensee" clue, that is, the clue in mental reservation; and here we meet the axiom.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, | Various
A savage will not assist in packing them, for he fears their heels: the Swiss say mules have always an arriere-pensee.
The Art of Travel | Francis Galton

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