Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impend"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impend \Im*pend"\, v. t. [L. impend?re; pref. im- in + pend?re
to weigh out, pay.]
To pay. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impend \Im*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Impended}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Impending}.] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re
to hang. See {Pendant}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impend
v : be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
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