perpend
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/pəˈpɛnd/(UK)
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/pəˈpɛnd/(UK) · /pɚˈpɛnd/
Definition of perpend
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic)To ponder, consider.
“[…] Perpend, / I have a daughter - have while she is mine […]”
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verb
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(archaic)To ponder, consider.
“[…] Perpend, / I have a daughter - have while she is mine […]”
noun
- 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 (usually mortar) between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perpendere, from per- + pendere (“to weigh”).
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