IMPEND', verb intransitive [Latin impendeo; in and pendeo, to hang.] 1. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten. A dark cloud impends over the land. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. 2. To be near; to be approaching and ready to fall on. It expresses our deep sense of God; s impending wrath. Nor bear advices of impending foes.
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