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pen·sile
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pensileadjective
Hanging down, suspended.
Etymology: From classical pensilis, from the past participle stem of pendere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PENSILEadjective
Etymology: pensilis, Latin.
There are two trepidations; the one manifest and local, as of the bell when it is pensile; the other, secret of the minute parts.
This ethereal space,
Yielding to earth and sea the middle place,
Anxious I ask you, how the pensile ball
Should never strive to rise, nor never fear to fall. Matthew Prior.The marble brought, erects the spacious dome,
Or forms the pillars long-extended rows,
On which the planted grove and pensile garden grows. Matthew Prior.
Webster Dictionary
Pensileadjective
hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous
Etymology: [L. pensilis, fr. pendere to hang: cf. OE. pensil. See Pendant.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pensile
pen′sīl, adj. hanging: suspended.—ns. Pen′sileness, Pensil′ity. [Fr.,—L.,—pendēre, hang.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pensile in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pensile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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