PEN'SILE, adjective [Latin pensilis, from pendeo, to hang.] 1. Hanging; suspended; as a pensile bell. 2. Supported above the ground; as a pensile garden.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PEN'SILE, adjective [Latin pensilis, from pendeo, to hang.] 1. Hanging; suspended; as a pensile bell. 2. Supported above the ground; as a pensile garden.
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