IMPEND


Meaning of IMPEND in English

/im pend"/ , v.i.

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 fol. by over ).

[ 1580-90; impendere to hang over, threaten. See IM- 1 , PEND ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .