Pend vs Impend - What's the difference?
pend | impend | Related terms |
(obsolete) To hang down.
(obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
To hang; to depend.
* I. Taylor
(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.
To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
*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.
(India) oil cake
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Pend is a related term of impend.
In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between pend and impend
is that pend is (obsolete) to hang down while impend is (obsolete) to pay.As verbs the difference between pend and impend
is that pend is (obsolete) to hang down or pend can be (obsolete|transitive) to pen; to confine or pend can be to consider pending; to delay or postpone (something) while impend is 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.As a noun pend
is (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 or pend can be (india) oil cake.pend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- pending upon certain powerful motions