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Webster 1913 Edition
Imminence
1.
The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.
Fuller.
2.
That which is imminent; impending evil or danger.
“But dare all imminence.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imminence
IM'MINENCE
,Noun.
Properly, a hanging over, but used by Shakespeare for impending evil or danger. [Little used.]