perpend
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"Lud—a mercy," quoth I, Thomas, "I will perpend, Master Conscience" and I set myself to eschew the evil deed, with all my might.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
If he meets with only conscripts and militia he may penetrate as far as Harrisburg, and then let Europe perpend!
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
Read it, thou self-satisfied Mammon, and perpend; for it is both a prophecy and a doom!
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
No doubt, Tom Jones often turns out badly, but Master Blifil always does,—a fact which Mr. Abbott would do well to note and perpend.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various
Write this, Bunch, and then we will perpend, as law and Judgment guides us, whether we will save or condemne.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
