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perˈpension
[n. of action f. L. perpendĕre, perpens- to perpend.]
Mental weighing; thorough consideration or reflection; deliberation.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. vii. 25 Unto reasonable perpensions it hath no place in some Sciences, small in others. 1661Boyle Style of Script. 238 The Disparity of the Influences of the Bare Belief and the Due Perpension of a Truth. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic Pref., To do which, after serious perpension, I was easily inclin'd. 1890R. L. Stevenson Let. 13 July (1911) III. 165 Upon these points, perpend, and give me the results of your perpensions. |