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Webster 1913 Edition

Impend

Im-pend′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
impendĕre
; pref.
im-
in +
pendĕre
to weigh out, pay.]
To pay.
[Obs.]
Fabyan.

Im-pend′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Impended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Impending
.]
[L.
impendēre
; pref.
im-
in +
pendēre
to hang. See
Pendant
.]
To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See
Imminent
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Impend

IMPEND'

,
Verb.
I.
[L. impendeo; in and pendeo, to hang.]
1.
To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten. A dark cloud impends over the land.
Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends.
2.
To be near; to be approaching and ready to fall on.
It expresses our deep sense of God;s impending wrath.
Nor bear advices of impending foes.

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