perpend

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To this, great chief, thy reason bend, And earnestly the truth perpend.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

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

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

“Let the reader therefore perpend how great and what manner of man this same blessed personage was, who, having so great prophetic knowledge, could command, by invoking the name of Christ, the winds and ocean.”

From The Hermits by Kingsley, Charles

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)