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Latin
Etymology
From per- + pendō.
Pronunciation
Verb
perpendō (present infinitive perpendere, perfect active perpendī, supine perpēnsum); third conjugation
- to weigh or examine carefully or exactly, ponder, consider
- Synonyms: pendō, dēlīberō, ponderō, cōnsīderō, reputō, putō, probō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, trahō, versō, spectō
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References
- “perpendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perpendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perpendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.