What does impend mean?
Definitions for impend
ɪmˈpɛndim·pend
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Princeton's WordNet
impendverb
be imminent or about to happen
"Changes are impending"
Wiktionary
impendverb
to 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.
My hunger should impend any second now.
Etymology: From impendere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To IMPENDverb
To hang over; to be at hand; to press nearly.
Etymology: impendeo, Lat.
It expresses our deep sorrow for our past sins, and our lively sense of God's impending wrath. George Smalridge, Sermons.
Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends;
Ulysses comes, and death his steps attends. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.No story I unfold of publick woes,
Nor bear advices of impending foes. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
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impend
To impend means to be about to happen or occur, especially of something perceived as threatening or negative. It often suggests a sense of urgency or looming possibility.
Webster Dictionary
Impendverb
to pay
Impendverb
to hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent
Etymology: [L. impendre; pref. im- in + pendre to weigh out, pay.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Impend
im-pend′, v.i. to threaten: to be about to happen.—ns. Impend′ence, Impend′ency, the state of impending: near approach.—adj. Impend′ent, imminent: ready to act or happen. [L. impendēre—in, on, pendēre, to hang.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of impend in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of impend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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