impendent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite close in time; about to occur
    close at hand; impending; at hand; imminent.
    • retribution is at hand
    • some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand
    • in imminent danger
    • his impending retirement

WordNet

Im*pend"ent adjective
Etymology
L. impendens, p. pr. of impendere.
Definitions
  1. Impending; threatening.
    Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton.

Webster 1913