impending

Variant of impend

impend definition

im·pend (im pend′)

intransitive verb

  1. Now Rare to hang or be suspended (over)
    1. to be about to happen; be imminent
    2. to threaten

Etymology: L impendere, to overhang, threaten < in-, in + pendere, to hang, prob. < IE base *(s)pen(d)-, to pull, stretch > spin

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