First Known Use: 15th century
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perpend
verb per·pend \(ˌ)pər-ˈpend\
Definition of PERPEND
transitive verb
: to reflect on carefully : ponder
intransitive verb
: to be attentive : reflect
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Origin of PERPEND
Related to PERPEND
- Synonyms
- chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
Rhymes with PERPEND
addend, amend, append, ascend, attend, bartend, befriend, Big Bend, bookend, boyfriend, closed-end, commend, compend, contend, dead end, dead-end, defend, depend, descend, distend, downtrend, emend, expend, extend, fag end, forfend, front-end, girlfriend, Gravesend, headend, high-end, hornblende, impend, intend, Land's End, loose end, low-end, missend, misspend, next friend, no end, offend, on end, Ostend, outspend, pitchblende, portend, pretend, propend, protend, rear-end, resend, sheet bend, South Bend, split end, stipend, subtend, suspend, tag end, tail end, tight end, top-end, transcend, unbend, unkenned, upend, uptrend, weekend, year-end
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