perpend

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Would it not, as Henley used to say, give him much to perpend?

From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William

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

I said, as soon as I have supt, I shall perpend if your proposal may Be such as I can properly accept; Provided always your great goodness still Remits the matter to our own free-will.'

From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

"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

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