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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†PENSE, n.2 A study, task, exercise, discipline (w.Sc. 1741 A. M'Donald Galick Vocab. 99).Abd. 1700 Abd. Burgh Rec. (B.R.S.) 328:
For prose authors, Ciceros Offices, Colloquia Erasmi Majora, Sweton; and for sacred pense, Buchannans Paraphrase continued.

[Ad. Lat. pensum, a piece of work assigned, task.]

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