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語源 1

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

動詞

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

1. (archaic) To ponder, consider.
   • 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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], lines 104-15:

     […] Perpend, / I have a daughter - have while she is mine […]

語源 2

From Middle French parpain, see etymology of French parpaing.

別の表記

• parpane, parpen, parpend, parpent, parpoint, perpeyn, perpin

名詞

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.

派生語

• perpend stone

アナグラム

• prepend