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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pensive/ˈpensɪv/

▶adjective engaged in deep thought.

– derivatives
pensively adverb,
pensiveness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. pensif, -ive, from penser ‘think’, from L. pensare ‘ponder’.

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