Pen″sile (–sĭl; 277), a. [L. pensilis, fr. pendere to hang: cf. OE. pensil. See Pendant.] Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon.
The long, pensile branches of the birches. W. Howitt.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.