perpend

¹ American  

[pur-puhnd] / ˈpɜr pənd /

noun

1. a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.

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perpend ² American  

[per-pend] / pərˈpɛnd /

verb (used with object)

1. to consider.

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verb (used without object)

1. to ponder; deliberate.

perpend ¹ British  

/ ˈpɜːpənd /

noun

1. Also called: parpend.   perpend stone.  a large stone that passes through a wall from one side to the other

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perpend ² British  

/ pəˈpɛnd /

verb

1. an archaic word for ponder

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Etymology

Origin of perpend¹

1225–75; variant of parpen, parpend, Middle English perpein, parpein ( late Middle English perpend- in compound) a stone dressed on more than one side < Old French perpein, parpain, perhaps representing Medieval Latin parpanus < ?

Origin of perpend²

1520–30; < Latin perpendere to weigh carefully, ponder, equivalent to per- per- + pendere to weigh

Example Sentences

“Let the reader therefore perpend how great and what manner of man this same blessed personage was, who, having so great prophetic knowledge, could command, by invoking the name of Christ, the winds and ocean.”

From The Hermits by Kingsley, Charles

So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is to read     thus; therefore perpend, my Princess, and give ear.

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William

Now, consider for a while, and perpend, mes enfants.

From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard

No doubt, Tom Jones often turns out badly, but Master Blifil always does,—a fact which Mr. Abbott would do well to note and perpend.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various

Would it not, as Henley used to say, give him much to perpend?

From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William

Related Words

• acknowledge
• contemplate
• examine
• favor
• grant
• look at
• recognize
• regard
• scrutinize
• see
• study