pensitare

pensitare [CL] 1 to weigh out as payment, pay acc. weighed standard. b to pay as tax or tribute. suffitiens terre spatium ‥ mercatus, ad unum quemque pedem mancam auri publico pondere ~avit W. Malm. GP II 78. b Judvalo ‥ regi Walensium edictum imposuerit ut sibi quotannis tributum trecentorum luporum ~aret W. Malm. GR II 155; ibi modo Christicolae ‥ nefandis illis vectigal ~ant Ib. IV 347; nummi quos Anglia quot annis Romano pape ~at Id. Wulfst I 10. 2 to weigh in the mind, ponder, consider; b (w. cum) to weigh against, compare with. multarum ~ans merita personarum H. Reading (II) Cel. 30. b quanvis iniqua comparatione factum hujus cum illorum facto ~etur W. Malm. GP I 44. 3 to balance. pensare, ~are, equare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 475.

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