IMPENDING

Etymology

Adjective

impending (not comparable)

Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

Synonyms

• imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also impending

Verb

impending

present participle of impend

Noun

impending (plural impendings)

Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

Source: Wiktionary

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Im*pend"ing, a.

Definition: Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. An impending brow. Hawthorne. And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope.

Syn.

– Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.

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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