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PENDS
Verb
pends
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pend
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• spend
Source: Wiktionary
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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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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