Pended vs Pending - What's the difference?
pended | pending |
(pend)
(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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awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
begun but not completed
about to happen; imminent or impending
As verbs the difference between pended and pending
is that pended is past tense of pend while pending is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective pending is
awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.As a preposition pending is
while waiting for something; until.pended
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(head)Anagrams
* ----pend
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- pending upon certain powerful motions