单词 | perpend |
释义 | perpend perpend1 /perr"peuhnd/, n. a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall. Also, parpen, perpent. Also called through stone. [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 < ?] perpend2 /peuhr pend"/, v.t. 1. to consider. v.i. 2. to ponder; deliberate. [1520-30; < L perpendere to weigh carefully, ponder, equiv. to per- PER- + pendere to weigh] |
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