[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impend \impend"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. impended; p. pr.  vb.
   n. impending. l. impend=ere; pref. im- in + pend=ere
   to hang. see pendant.
   to hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at
   hand; to menace; to be imminent. see imminent.
   1913 webster

         destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --pope.
   impendence
see also:
impended impending pendant imminent 

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