impend
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪmˈpɛnd/
Verb

impend (impends, present participle impending; past and past participle impended)

  1. (intransitive) To threaten to, or be about to, happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event. "To impend" often has the connotation of threat.
  2. (obsolete) To overhang.
    • When a thing really impends over another, e.g. when one stands at a fountain (עַל־עֵין), over which one really leans.
  3. (obsolete) To pay.
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