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Definition of Pensive

Pensive
Pensive Pen"sive, a. [F. pensif, fr. penser to think, fr. L. pensare to weigh, ponder, consider, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See Pension, Poise.] 1. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing. The pensive secrecy of desert cell. --Milton. Anxious cares the pensive nymph oppressed. --Pope. 2. Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers. --Prior.

Meaning of Pensive from wikipedia

- Look up pensive or pensiveness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pensive (February 5, 1941 – May 20, 1948) was a bright chestnut Thoroughbred racehorse...
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