Impend

  • 61impendency — noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon • Syn: ↑imminence, ↑imminency, ↑imminentness, ↑impendence, ↑forthcomingness • Derivationally related forms: ↑forthcoming (for: ↑ …

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  • 62Depend — De*pend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Depended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depending}.] [F. d[ e]pendre, fr. L. depend?re; de + pend?re to hang. See {Pendant}.] 1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. [1913 Webster] And …

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  • 63Depended — Depend De*pend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Depended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depending}.] [F. d[ e]pendre, fr. L. depend?re; de + pend?re to hang. See {Pendant}.] 1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. [1913… …

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  • 64Depending — Depend De*pend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Depended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depending}.] [F. d[ e]pendre, fr. L. depend?re; de + pend?re to hang. See {Pendant}.] 1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. [1913… …

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  • 65Impendent — Im*pend ent, a. [L. impendens, p. pr. of impend[=e]re.] Impending; threatening. [1913 Webster] Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 66Loom — (l[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed} (l[=oo]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. le[ o]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light.… …

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  • 67Loomed — Loom Loom (l[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed} (l[=oo]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. le[ o]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E.… …

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  • 68Looming — Loom Loom (l[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed} (l[=oo]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. le[ o]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E.… …

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  • 69Overbrow — O ver*brow , v. t. To hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic] Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 70Overhang — O ver*hang , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overhung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overhanging}.] 1. To impend or hang over. [R.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope. [1913 Webster] …

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