Pend vs Pends - What's the difference?
pend | pends |
(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) (To delay or wait on action)
(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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As verbs the difference between pend and pends
is that pend is to hang down while pends is third-person singular of pend (To delay or wait on action.As a noun pend
is 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.pend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- pending upon certain powerful motions
Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Compare .Etymology 3
Back-formation from (pending).Verb
(en verb)Etymology 4
Noun
(-)pends
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Verb
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* ----pend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- pending upon certain powerful motions