impend
impend
Definition
im·pend (im pend′)
intransitive verb
- Now Rare to hang or be suspended (over)
- to be about to happen; be imminent
- to threaten
Etymology: L impendere, to overhang, threaten < in-, in + pendere, to hang, prob. < IE base *(s)pen(d)-, to pull, stretch > spin
im·pend′·ing adjective
impend
Synonyms
impend
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- now: And in part they have already become transformed, for the crisis now impends.
Browse dictionary entries near impend
- impeller
- impel
- impeding
- impedimenta
- impediment
- impede
- impedance
- impecunious
- impeccant
- impeccable
- impendent
- impending
- impenetrable
- impenitent
- imper
- imperative
- imperator
- imperceptible
- imperceptibly
- imperceptive
