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pend (pend)

intransitive verb

  1. to await judgment or decision
  2. Dialectal to depend

Etymology: OFr pendre < L pendere, to weigh, hang: see pendant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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