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Meaning of "perpent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERPENT

perpent  [ˈpɜːpənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERPENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perpent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERPENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

perpent

Perpend stone

Perpend stone, bond stone, or tie stone is a structural element building term used by stonemasons and brick masons. Perpend is also a piece in brickwork also called a cross joint or when extending through the entire wall a transverse joint or perpend bond. Usually stone walls are built with two layers of stone, an inner and an outer layer, with the space between them sometimes filled with rubble. A perpend stone is a longer stone that extended through the entire wall's width, from the outer wall to inner wall, which serves to lock the two wall layers structurally together.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERPENT


anticipant
ænˈtɪsɪpənt
arpent
ˈɑːpənt
discrepant
dɪˈskrɛpənt
dopant
ˈdəʊpənt
episcopant
ɛˈpɪskəpənt
erumpent
ɪˈrʌmpənt
flippant
ˈflɪpənt
nonparticipant
ˌnɒnpɑːˈtɪsɪpənt
occupant
ˈɒkjʊpənt
parpent
ˈpɑːpənt
participant
pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt
preoccupant
priːˈɒkjʊpənt
proppant
ˈprɒpənt
rampant
ˈræmpənt
serpent
ˈsɜːpənt
strepent
ˈstrɛpənt
stupent
ˈstjuːpənt
trippant
ˈtrɪpənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERPENT

perpend
perpend stone
perpendicular
perpendicular Gothic
perpendicularity
perpendicularly
perpetrable
perpetrate
perpetration
perpetrator
perpetuable
perpetual
perpetual check
perpetual debenture
perpetual inventory
perpetual motion
perpetual motion of the first kind
perpetual motion of the second kind
perpetual spinach
perpetualism

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERPENT

forespent
forspent
misspent
outspent
overspent
pent
repent
sea serpent
spent
underspent
unspent
well-spent

Synonyms and antonyms of perpent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perpent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERPENT

Find out the translation of perpent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of perpent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perpent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

perpent
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perpent
570 millions of speakers

English

perpent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

perpent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

perpent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

perpent
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perpent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

perpent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perpent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perpentian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

perpent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

perpent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

perpent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampurna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

perpent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

perpent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सगळीकडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

perpent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perpent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perpent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

perpent
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perpent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

perpent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perpent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perpent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perpent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perpent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERPENT»

The term «perpent» is normally little used and occupies the 147.364 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERPENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «perpent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «perpent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perpent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERPENT»

Discover the use of perpent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perpent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum
... PERPENDESTER and PERPENTA SHLER. ( Some years ago, when I first lighted upon the term ' perpent' achillar,” in Willis' Architectural Nmnenclature of the Middle Ages (who quotes it from Historia: Dunelmertsis Scriptores Tres, p. cxxxvi.) ...
W.H. Rylands, W.J. Songhurst
2
A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and ...
225, 253. Diastyle, tempie, p. 485. Diatom, It., perpent-stones, p. 350. SHdtffäultg, Ger., pycnostyle, p. 377. Die, 8., France, buttress, p. 99 ; pulpit, p. 374; pillar, sections, pi. 149. JDietenlotft, Ger., mutule, p. 322. Dieppe, S. Jacques, transom, p.
John Henry Parker, 1850
3
Reconnaissance Soil Survey of Liberia
Analytical data for individual profiles — Continued Organip matter Perpent 2.22 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.40 2.04 2.4 4.02 4.2 Nitrog2 Perpent 0.42 .22 .22 .22 .000 .20 .04 . 22 .04 Analytical data for individual profiles — Continued Organip matter Perpent .
William Edward Reed, 1951
4
A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and ...
PERPENDICULAR STY LE—PERPENT-STONE. 159 broad, less lofty, and the arch more and more depressed, until the style became quite debased, and the square-headed window prevailed almost universally. The four-centred arch is ...
‎1840
5
A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the ...
Tnonouon-srosn, a perpent, or stone reaching through the entire thickness ofa wall (see PERPENT); also, a tomb, or monument; the lid of a stone coffin; a tombstone ;--a north-country word. “ Over the midst of the said vault did lie a fine through ...
John Britton, 1838
6
Experiments in breeding Jersey cattle at Beltsville: an ...
ENY Block 5: All daughters of 3 sires Daughters of Moose Daughters of Tormentor Daughters of Karnak NS means not signlficant; 1 asterlsk means signlficant at the 5-perpent level: 2 asterisks mean highly signlficant at the 1- perpent level.
Milton Henry Fohrman, Joseph Bachelor Parker, 1954
7
The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
PERKING peruser, PERMIT - permits peruses PERMS sperms; - PERUSER -; perusers PERMUTE - permuted, PERV -; pervs permutes PERVADE -; pervaded, PERNIO - - pervader, PERORAL - - pervades PERPEND - peroxide, PERPENT -  ...
‎2007
8
Psychological Classification of the Adult Male Prison Inmate
a Perppt sporing above 1.33, ipdipting relatively high fear. b Perpent sporing 2.33 or below, indicating innbility or reluctance to seek help fro2 others. c Perppt sporing 1.33 or below, indipting few tpdppies to for2 fripdships with other in2ates. d ...
Patricia Van Voorhis, 1994
9
Faust:
And if I do achieve my stated perpent, You grant me the full triumph that I covet. Dust shall he swallow, aye, and love it, Like my old cousin, the illustrious serpent. What I find unsatisfactory here are the archaisms ('ever', 'the while', 'aye', and ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, David Luke, 1998
10
A Concise Dictionary of Architectural Terms
John Henry Parker. enough to reach entirely through a wall, and shew face on both sides, is called Parping ashlar. This name may perhaps also have been sometimes given to a corbel. The term Perpent-wall would signify a wall built of ...
John Henry Parker, 2012

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERPENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perpent is used in the context of the following news items.
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ANALYSIS: Impact of the GCC rail network
“The ERR for the project is 15.5 percent – a figure well over the hurdle rate of 10 perpent for transportation projects as set by the World Bank” ... «Arabian Supply Chain, Dec 14»
2
Texas Instruments to lay off 1700 staff
... study from research firm IHS projected that semiconductor revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012 should be up 2.8 perpent year-on-year. «V3.co.uk, Nov 12»

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