perpend
1 Americannoun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
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
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Wherefore, most selected friend, perpend at thy leisure, and so God speed thee!
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is to read thus; therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
Pray perpend, pronounce, and don't be offended with either.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
“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
Therefore, to begin his work the better, he requested a learned physician of that time, called Master Theodorus, seriously to perpend, if it were possible, how to bring Gargantua into a better course.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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