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parpent

parpent 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 parpent

pluralparpents

Questions about parpent

What is parpent the alternative form of?
Parpent is the alternative form of perpend.

Words near parpent in the dictionary

  1. parped
  2. parpen
  3. parpend
  4. parpends
  5. parpens
  6. parpent
  7. parpents
  8. Parpi
  9. parping
  10. parpings
  11. parpoint

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parpent (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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