perpend

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Perpend, I haue a daughter: haue, whil'st she is mine, Who in her Dutie and Obedience, marke, Hath giuen me this: now gather, and surmise.

From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William

Perpend this then, and do not too hastily deride my plea that you should practise verse-writing.

From On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Perpend, per-pend′, v.t. to weigh in the mind, to consider carefully.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Perpend, my small friend, After all this hunting, When the train at last moves on, Daddy's gingerbread salon May get a shunting.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various

Perpend it well, reader; and bear ever in mind that, in our desires, as in our corporeal structure, it is not given to man to add a cubit to his stature.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829 by Various