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[ɪmˈpɛnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) be about to happen
(e.g: it seemed certain that some great trial of strength impended between the opponents)
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Origin
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late 16th century: from Latin impendere, from in- ‘towards, upon’ + pendere ‘hang’
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