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 Definitions of impend  [ɪmˈpɛnd]  

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Definition of 'impend' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) impend
to be imminent; be about to happen.

2.  impend
to threaten; menace:
He felt that danger impended.

3.  impend
Archaic. to hang suspended.

Etymology:  (1580–90; < L impendēre to hang over, threaten)

Definition of 'impend' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) impend
be imminent or about to happen
"Changes are impending"


Definition of 'impend' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) impend
to pay

2. (verb) impend
to hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent



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