intransitive verb
Origin: L impendere, to overhang, threaten < in-, in + pendere, to hang, prob. < IE base *(s)pen(d)-, to pull, stretch > spin
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See impend in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends
Origin:
Origin: Latin impendēre
Origin: : in-, over; see in-2
Origin: + pendēre, to hang; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots
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