perpend (third-person singular simple present perpends, present participle perpending, simple past and past participle perpended)
(archaic) To ponder, consider.
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.
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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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
