impend Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be imminent or about to happen
    • Changes are impending

WordNet

Im*pend" transitive verb
Etymology
L. impendre; pref. im- in + pendre to weigh out, pay.
Definitions
  1. To pay. Obs. Fabyan.
Im*pend" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. impendere; pref. im- in + pendere to hang. See Pendant.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Impended; present participle & verbal noun Impending
Definitions
  1. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
    Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. Pope.

Webster 1913