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pensile

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Adjective

HYPHEN

pen=sile

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CIDE DICTIONARY

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

Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

"The long, pensile branches of the birches." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pensile, adj.
1 hanging down; pendulous.
2 (of a bird etc.) building a pensile nest.

Etymology

L pensilis f. pendere pens- hang

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ROGET THESAURUS

pensile

Pendency

N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.

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