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Webster 1913 Edition
Perpend
Per-pend′
,Verb.
T.
[L.
perpendere
, perpensum
; per
+ pendere
to weight.] To weight carefully in the mind.
[R.]
“Perpend my words.” Shak.
Per-pend′
,Verb.
I.
To attend; to be attentive.
[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Perpend
PERPEND'
,Verb.
T.
To weigh in the mind; to consider attentively. [Little used.]
Definition 2024
perpend
perpend
English
Verb
perpend (third-person singular simple present perpends, present participle perpending, simple past and past participle perpended)
- (archaic) To ponder, consider.
- 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, II:1, ll. 104-15:
- [...] Perpend, / I have a daughter - have while she is mine [...].
- 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, II:1, ll. 104-15:
Noun
perpend (plural perpends)
- A brick or stone that has its longest dimension perpendicular to the face of a wall, especially one that extends through the wall's entire thickness
- A vertical joint between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course