Perpend

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perpend \Per*pend"\, v. t. [L. perpendere, perpensum; per +
     pendere to weight.]
     To weight carefully in the mind. [R.] "Perpend my words."
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perpend \Per*pend"\, v. i.
     To attend; to be attentive. [R.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "perpend":
     be abstracted, brood, chew the cud, consider, contemplate, debate,
     deliberate, digest, excogitate, introspect, meditate, mind, muse,
     play around with, play with, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate,
     study, think over, toy with, weigh