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  1. pensileadjective

    Hanging down, suspended.

  2. Etymology: From classical pensilis, from the past participle stem of pendere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Pensileadjective

    hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous

  2. Etymology: [L. pensilis, fr. pendere to hang: cf. OE. pensil. See Pendant.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pensile

    pen′sīl, adj. hanging: suspended.—ns. Pen′sileness, Pensil′ity. [Fr.,—L.,—pendēre, hang.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pensile in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pensile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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