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perpend

UK/pəˈpɛnd/US/pɚˈpɛnd/

perpend verb: to ponder, consider.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To ponder, consider.
    • […] Perpend, / I have a daughter - have while she is mine […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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.

perpend meaning in Tamil

perpend in Tamil

கவனமாகச் சிந்தி, சீர் தூக்கிப் பார், ஆழ்ந்து யோசி, சுவர் விசாலக்கல்

Forms of perpend

Verb
third-person singular presentperpends
present participleperpending
past participleperpended
pastperpended
Noun
pluralperpends
alternative formparpane
alternative formparpen
alternative formparpend
alternative formparpent
alternative formparpoint
alternative formperpeyn
alternative formperpin

Origin of perpend

Borrowed from Latin perpendere, from per- + pendere (“to weigh”).

From Middle French parpain, see etymology of French parpaing.

Words formed from perpend

Phrases with perpend

Words that rhyme with perpend

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Questions about perpend

What does perpend mean?
Perpend means to ponder, consider.
What is perpend in Tamil?
Perpend in Tamil is கவனமாகச் சிந்தி, சீர் தூக்கிப் பார், ஆழ்ந்து யோசி. See Perpend meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is perpend?
Perpend can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce perpend?
Perpend is pronounced /pəˈpɛnd/ (UK).
What is the past tense of perpend?
The past tense of perpend is perpended.

Words near perpend in the dictionary

  1. perp-walked
  2. perp-walking
  3. perp-walks
  4. perp.
  5. Perpall
  6. perpend
  7. perpend stone
  8. perpend stones
  9. perpended
  10. perpender
  11. perpenders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perpend (page history and authors); perpend (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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