Pense
/pɛns/noun
An archaic verb meaning to think, consider, or reflect.
Did you know?Pense descends from a Latin word for repeatedly weighing something, revealing an ancient metaphor in which thinking was treated as balancing mental evidence.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pend-
“To stretch, hang, or weigh”
Classical Latin
Latin
pendēre
“To hang or weigh”
Late Latin
Latin
pensāre
“To weigh repeatedly; to consider carefully”
Old French
Old French
penser
“To think, consider, or reflect”
Middle English
Middle English
penser / pense
“To think or ponder”
Modern English
English
pense
“An archaic verb meaning to think or consider”