perpend 1
/perr"peuhnd/ , n.
a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
Also, parpen, perpent . Also called through stone .
[ 1225-75; var. of PARPEN, PARPEND, ME perpein, parpein (late ME perpend- in compound) a stone dressed on more than one side perpein, parpain, perh. repr. ML parpanus ]
perpend 2
/peuhr pend"/ , v.t.
1. to consider.
v.i.
2. to ponder; deliberate.
[ 1520-30; perpendere to weigh carefully, ponder, equiv. to per- PER- + pendere to weigh ]