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IMPEND
impend
(verb) be imminent or about to happen; “Changes are impending”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
impend (third-person singular simple present impends, present participle impending, simple past and past participle impended)
(obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
(intransitive) Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
(intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
(obsolete) To pay.
Anagrams
• Mendip
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pend", v. t. Etym: [L. impend; pref. im- in + pend to weigh out, pay.]
Definition: To pay. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Im*pend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending.] Etym: [L. impendere; pref. im- in + pendere to hang. See Pendant.]
Definition: To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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