Definition of perpend - 5 dictionary results
per⋅pend
1
[pur-puh
nd] 
–noun
| a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall. |
Also called through stone.
Origin:
1225–75; var. of parpen, parpend, ME perpein, parpein (late ME perpend- in compound) a stone dressed on more than one side < OF perpein, parpain, perh. repr. ML parpanus < ?
1225–75; var. of parpen, parpend, ME perpein, parpein (late ME perpend- in compound) a stone dressed on more than one side < OF perpein, parpain, perh. repr. ML parpanus < ?
per⋅pend
2 [per-pend] –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to consider. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to ponder; deliberate. |
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| per·pend (pər-pěnd') v. per·pend·ed, per·pend·ing, per·pends v. tr. To consider carefully; ponder. v. intr. To be attentive; reflect. [Latin perpendere : per-, per- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Perpend
Per*pend"\, v. t. [L. perpendere, perpensum; per + pendere to weight.] To weight carefully in the mind. [R.] "Perpend my words." --Shak.Perpend
Per*pend"\, v. i. To attend; to be attentive. [R.] --Shak.
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