IMPENDED

Verb

impended

simple past tense and past participle of impend

Source: Wiktionary


IMPEND

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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