PERPEND

Etymology 1

Verb

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

(archaic) To ponder, consider.

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• prepend

Source: Wiktionary


Per*pend", v. t. Etym: [L. perpendere, perpensum; per + pendere to weight.]

Definition: To weight carefully in the mind. [R.] "Perpend my words." Shak.

Per*pend", v. i.

Definition: To attend; to be attentive. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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