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im·pend (ĭm-pĕnd́)

[Latin impendēre, in-, over; see in–2, + pendēre, to hang.]

intransitive verb: -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends. 

  1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending.
  2. To threaten to happen; menace: discouraged by the trouble that impended.
  3. Archaic To jut out; hang suspended.