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per•pend
Pronunciation: (pûr'pund), [key]—
n.
a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
Also,parpen,perpent.Also called
through stone. per•pend
Pronunciation: (pur-pend'), [key]—
v.t.
to consider.
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v.i.
to ponder; deliberate.
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