Pend

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pÉ›nd/
• Rhymes: -É›nd
• Homophones: penned

From Middle French pendre ("to hang"), and its source, Late Latin pendere, from Latin pendēre.

Full definition of pend

Verb

1. (obsolete) To hang down. 15th-19th c.
2. (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. 15th-18th c.
3. To hang; to depend.
• I. Taylorpending upon certain powerful motions

Noun

1. (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. from 15th c.

Compare pen ("to shut in").

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.
• UdallPended within the limits ... of Greece.

Back-formation from pending.

Verb

1. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). from 20th c.
• 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 817:The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.

Noun

1. (India) oil cake----