pend Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pend noun

Definitions

1. Oil cake; penock. India

Pend intransitive verb

Etymology

L. pendere.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Pended; present participle & verbal noun Pending

Definitions

1. To hang; to depend. R.

   Pending upon certain powerful motions. I. Taylor.

2. To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.

Pend transitive verb

Etymology

Cf. pen to shut in, or AS. pyndan, E. pound an inclosure.

Definitions

1. To pen; to confine. R.

   ended within the limits . . . of Greece. Udall.