Impend - meaning and definition. What is Impend
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impend      
[?m'p?nd]
¦ verb [usu. as adjective impending] be about to happen.
?archaic (of something bad) loom.
Origin
C16: from L. impendere, from in- 'towards, upon' + pendere 'hang'.
Impend      
·vt To Pay.
II. Impend ·vi To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to Menace; to be imminent. ·see Imminent.
impend      
v. n.
1.
Threaten, hang over, be imminent, be in store, stare one in the face.
2.
Be near, draw near, approach, be at hand.