An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PENDING
pending
(adjective) awaiting conclusion or confirmation; “business still pending”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
pending
present participle of pend
Adjective
pending (comparative more pending, superlative most pending)
Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.
Begun but not completed.
About to happen; imminent or impending.
Synonyms
• (about to happen): impendent, in the offing, proximate; see also impending
Preposition
pending
While waiting for something; until.
During.
Source: Wiktionary
Pend"ing, a. Etym: [L. pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendent.]
Definition: Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.
Pend"ing, prep.
Definition: During; as, pending the trail.
PEND
Pend, n.
Definition: Oil cake; penock. [India]
Pend, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pended; p. pr. & vb. n. Pending.] Etym: [L. pendere.]
1. To hang; to depend. [R.] Pending upon certain powerful motions. I. Taylor.
2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.
Pend, v. t. Etym: [Cf. pen to shut in, or AS. pyndan, E. pound an inclosure.]
Definition: To pen; to confine. [R.] ended within the limits . . . of Greece. Udall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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