Definitions for: Impend


[v] be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"



Webster (1913) Definition: Im*pend", v. t. [L. impend?re; pref. im- in + pend?re
to weigh out, pay.]
To pay. [Obs.] --Fabyan.


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.

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