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Word: Impend
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin impendere, from in- ‘towards, upon’ + pendere ‘hang’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪmˈpɛnd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of an event regarded as threatening or significant) be about to happen
Short Definition:be about to happen
Examples:- it seemed certain that some great trial of strength impended between the opponents
- the loss of liberty impends as the result of fatal indiscretion
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