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Webster 1913 Edition

Pensile

Pen′sile

(pĕn′sĭl; 277)

,

Adj.

[L.

pensilis

, fr.

pendere

to hang: cf. OE.

pensil

. See

.]

Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous.

Bacon.

The long,

pensile

branches of the birches.

W. Howitt.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pensile

PEN'SILE

,

Adj.

[L. pensilis, from pendeo, to hang.]

1.

Hanging; suspended; as a pensile bell.

2.

Supported above the ground; as a pensile garden.