'Impend' definitions:
Definition of 'impend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
Definition of 'Impend'
From: GCIDE
- Impend \Im*pend"\, v. t. [L. impend[e^]re; pref. im- in + pend[e^]re to weigh out, pay.] To pay. [Obs.] --Fabyan. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impend'
From: GCIDE
- Impend \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 from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. [1913 Webster]
- Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope. Impendence
Synonyms of 'impend'
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