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
Related Forms:
- impending im·pend′·ing adjective
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