impend

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”), 1590s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Verb === impend (third-person singular simple present impends, present participle impending, simple past and past participle impended) (obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. (intransitive, figurative) To hang over (someone) as a threat or danger. (intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent. impending doom (obsolete) To pay. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Mendip