• Impend

    Origin

    From Latin impendere ("to hang over, to weigh out").

    Full definition of impend

    Verb

    1. (intransitive) to be about to happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event. "To impend" often has the connotation of threat.
    2. (obsolete) To pay.
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