intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. To threaten to happen; menace: discouraged by the trouble that impended. 3. Archaic To jut out; hang suspended. [Latin impendēre : in-, over; see IN-2 + pendēre, to hang; see (s)pen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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