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perpensions

perpensions is the plural of perpension.

Meaning of perpension

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

Questions about perpensions

What is perpensions the plural of?
Perpensions is the plural of perpension.

Words near perpensions in the dictionary

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

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