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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•pend1 (pûr′pənd),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
Also, parpen, perpent. Also called through stone. - ?
- Old French perpein, parpain, perh. representing Medieval Latin parpanus
- variant of parpen, parpend, Middle English perpein, parpein (late Middle English perpend- in compound) a stone dressed on more than one side 1225–75
- to consider.
v.i. - to ponder;
deliberate.
- Latin perpendere to weigh carefully, ponder, equivalent. to per- per- + pendere to weigh
- 1520–30
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