| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | per·pend |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p r-p nd |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: per·pend·ed, per·pend·ing, per·pends
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To consider carefully; ponder. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To be attentive; reflect. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin perpendere : per-, per- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Appendix I.
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