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loyed 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.

Made pensive. [R.] Shak.

In a pensive manner.

The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness. Hooker.

Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.

Not expensive; cheap.

Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. Sir T. Browne.

spend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. "In suspensive thoughts." Beaumont. "A suspensive veto." Macaulay. The provisional and suspensive attitude. J. Morley. Suspensive condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract…

Inexpensive. Milton.

notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads. -- Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground. -- Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery. -- Brussels point. See Point…

r obscure street; an out of the way or cross street. He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach. Gay.

The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [Obs.] Whitelocke.

At great cost; expensively. [Obs.]

Costly; expensive. [Obs.] The fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion. Shak.

ne who, or that which, quits or calms; one who adjust a difference. Sweet composes of the pensive sGay.

The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.

Of great cost; expensive; dear. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak.

To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. [R.] King James I. (1618).