pensive (pensiv)

[ and somewhat melancholy. The squyer that hadde hym smyten returned so row full and pens if to the place that he com fro, and hilde hym-self foule disceyved of that he hadde don. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 426. The hermit trimm'd his little fire, And cheer'd his pensive guest. Goldsmith , Vicar, viii. IMG:content-2638.png:[blocks in formation] This welle wolde the venym perse Of pensifhede, with all the cruel rage. Lydgate , Complaint of a Lover's Life, 1. 102. pensively (pen's iv-li), adv . In a pensive manner; with melancholy thoughtfulne ; with seriousne or some degree of melancholy.