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per⋅pend

1  [pur-puhnd]
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–noun
a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
Also, parpen, perpent.
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 < ?

per⋅pend

2  [per-pend]
–verb (used with object)
1. to consider.
–verb (used without object)
2. to ponder; deliberate.
Origin:
1520–30; < L perpendere to weigh carefully, ponder, equiv. to per- per- + pendere to weigh
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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