perpend
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin perpendere, from per- + pendere (“to weigh”).
Verb edit
perpend (third-person singular simple present perpends, present participle perpending, simple past and past participle perpended)
- (archaic) To ponder, consider.
- 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:
- […] Perpend, / I have a daughter - have while she is mine […]
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle French parpain, see etymology of French parpaing.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
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 (usually mortar) between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course.