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PEND
intransitive verb
To hang, as in a balance, to impend
ORIGIN: Fr pendre or L pendēre to hang;sometimes aphetic for append or for depend
pendˈing adjective
Hanging
Impending
Remaining undecided
Not fully dealt with or completed
vs.
IMMINENT /imˈi-nənt/
adjective
Impending, approaching,forthcoming
Looming, threatening
Jutting, overhanging (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L imminēns, -entis, from in upon, andminēre to project, jut
Source Chambers.
Not the same.
intransitive verb
To hang, as in a balance, to impend
ORIGIN: Fr pendre or L pendēre to hang;sometimes aphetic for append or for depend
pendˈing adjective
Hanging
Impending
Remaining undecided
Not fully dealt with or completed
vs.
IMMINENT /imˈi-nənt/
adjective
Impending, approaching,forthcoming
Looming, threatening
Jutting, overhanging (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L imminēns, -entis, from in upon, andminēre to project, jut
Source Chambers.
Not the same.