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