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impend

im·pend [ im pénd ] (past and past participle im·pend·ed, present participle im·pend·ing, 3rd person present singular im·pends)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. be close to happening: to be threateningly close to happening ( formal )

2. hang menacingly: to hover or hang above something, usually in a threatening way ( literary )

[Late 16th century. < Latin impendere "hang over" < pendere "hang"]

im·pend·ence noun
im·pend·en·cy noun
im·pend·ent adjective
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