According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
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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UNAMBIGUOUS
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