perpend
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Wherefore, most selected friend, perpend at thy leisure, and so God speed thee!
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is to read thus: therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is to read thus; therefore perpend, my Princess, and give ear.
From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William
I pray, perpend, my dearest dear; While blue-eyed maids the praise were drinking, How insubstantial was their cheer— It was of yours that I was thinking!
From Chimneysmoke by Morley, Christopher
Therefore, to begin his work the better, he requested a learned physician of that time, called Master Theodorus, seriously to perpend, if it were possible, how to bring Gargantua into a better course.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
