peroration

[Fr., from Lat. perorationem, acc us. of peroratio, from per or at us, pa. par. of per oro=to perorate (q. v.); Sp. per or a cion; Ital. per or azione. The concluding part or winding up of an oration; a final summing-up, review, and reurging of the principal topics, arguments, or points of an oration or speech. "The animated peroration in which he implored heaven to ble the royal pair." - Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. pěr-ō-tis, s. [Gr. pēros =maimed, some parts of the flower being absent.] Botany: A genus of gra es, tribe Andropogonese. Perotis latifolia is considered in the West Indies to be diuretic. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, 193 =to weigh.] A. Trans.: To consider or weigh in the mind carefully. "Perpend my words." --Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. 4. B. Intransitive : To consider carefully; to take thought. "Therefore, perpend, my prince , and give ear."_ Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, v. 1. per-pěnd, subst . [Fr. parpaing , parpain , from par =through, and pan =the side of a wall.] Arch .: The same as PERPENDER (q. v.). Also written perbend. Keeping the perpends: Build.: A phrase used to denote the occurrence of the vertical joints over each other. perpend-stone, perpend-course, subst . [PER PENDER.] IMG:content-0911.png:[blocks in formation] Mason.: A stone going through from side to side of a wall, and actag as a binder; it is called also perpend-stone, through-stone, through-binder. (See a, a in cut.) A course of such is called a perpend-course. Perpender. *per-pěnd-I-cle, subst . [Fr. perpendicule , from Lat. perpendiculum . ] [PERPENDICULAR.] Anything hanging down in a direct line; a plumb-line.