impendent
1Impendent — Im*pend ent, a. [L. impendens, p. pr. of impend[=e]re.] Impending; threatening. [1913 Webster] Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
2Impendent — Impendent, lat. dtsch., bevorstehend, schwebend, drohend …
3impendent — index immediate (imminent), imminent, proximate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4impendent — 1590s, from L. impendens impending, prp. of impendere (see IMPEND (Cf. impend)) …
5impendent — [im pen′dənt] adj. [L impendens, prp. of impendere] impending; about to happen impendence n. impendency …
6impendent — impendence, impendency, n. /im pen deuhnt/, adj. impending. [1585 95; < L impendent s. of impendens prp. of impendere to hang over, threaten. See IMPEND, ENT] * * * …
7impendent — adjective Date: 1590 being near at hand ; approaching …
8impendent — adj. impending; imminent, set to occur at any moment; approaching, looming, threatening …
9impendent — a. Impending, threatening, imminent, near at hand …
10impendent — im·pend·ent …
