impend
Use Impend in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to be imminent; be about to happen.
2.
to threaten or menace: He felt that danger impended.
3.
Archaic. to hang or be suspended; overhang (usually followed by over ).
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impend (ɪmˈpɛnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent |
| 2. | rare ( |
| [C16: from Latin impendēre to overhang, from pendēre to hang] | |
| im'pendence | |
| —n | |
| im'pendency | |
| —n | |
| im'pending | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
impend
1599, from fig. use of L. impendere "to hang over, to be imminent," from in- "in" + pendere "hang" (see pendant).
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Example sentences
My announcement about forthcoming interest rates will impend.
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