perpend

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UK/pəˈpɛnd/US/pɚˈpɛnd/

verb

To ponder, consider.

OriginLatin perpendere →
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Meanings

perpend1

verbperpend (third-person singular simple present perpends, present participle perpending, simple past and past participle perpended)

present singular third person perpends · participle present perpending · participle past perpended · past perpended

  1. archaicTo ponder, consider.

    […] Perpend, / I have a daughter - have while she is mine […]

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], lines 104-15

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nounperpend (plural perpends)

plural perpends · alternative parpane · alternative parpen · alternative parpend · alternative parpent · alternative parpoint · alternative perpeyn · alternative perpin

  1. 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.
  2. A vertical joint (usually mortar) between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course.

Origin

perpend · verb

  1. Latinperpendere
  2. Englishperpend

Borrowed from Latin perpendere, from per- + pendere (“to weigh”).

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perpend · noun

  1. Middle Frenchparpain
  2. Englishperpend

From Middle French parpain, see etymology of French parpaing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with perpend

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

perpend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpend

MLA

“perpend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpend. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perpend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpend.

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