Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impending"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impending \Im*pend"ing\, a.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impending
adj : close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand";
"some people believe the day of judgment is close at
hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
[syn: {at hand(p)}, {close at hand(p)}, {imminent}]
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