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parpend

parpend is the alternative form of perpend.

Meaning of perpend

Noun

perpend (plural perpends)

  1. 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.
  2. A vertical joint (usually mortar) between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course.

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Forms of parpend

pluralparpends

Questions about parpend

What is parpend the alternative form of?
Parpend is the alternative form of perpend.

Words near parpend in the dictionary

  1. paroxytonesis
  2. paroxytonic
  3. parp
  4. parped
  5. parpen
  6. parpend
  7. parpends
  8. parpens
  9. parpent
  10. parpents
  11. Parpi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parpend (page history and authors); perpend (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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