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perpension

perpension noun: careful consideration; pondering.

Noun

perpension (countable and uncountable, plural perpensions)

  1. (obsolete) Careful consideration; pondering.
    • unto reasonable perpensions it hath no place in some sciences1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of perpension

pluralperpensions

Origin of perpension

See perpend.

Questions about perpension

What does perpension mean?
Perpension means careful consideration; pondering.
What part of speech is perpension?
Perpension is a noun.
What is the plural of perpension?
The plural of perpension is perpensions.

Words near perpension in the dictionary

  1. perpendicularly
  2. perpendicularness
  3. perpendiculars
  4. perpending
  5. perpends
  6. perpension
  7. perpensions
  8. perpensity
  9. perpent
  10. perpent stone
  11. perpent stones

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