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impend

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛnd/

The English word “impend” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
  2. To hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
  3. To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
  4. To pay.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”), 1590s.

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