IMPEND
Im*pend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending.]
Etym: [L. impendere; pref. im- in + pendere to hang. See Pendant.]
Defn: To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. Pope.
IMPENDENCE; IMPENDENCY
Im*pend"ence, Im*pend"en*cy, n.
Defn: The state of impending; also, that which impends. "Impendence of volcanic cloud." Ruskin.
IMPENDENT
Im*pend"ent, a. Etym: [L. impendens, p. pr. of impendere.]
Defn: Impending; threatening.
Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall. Milton.
IMPENDING
Im*pend"ing, a.
Defn: Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet;
threatening.
An impending brow. Hawthorne.
And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope.
Syn.
— Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
IMPENETRABILITY
Im*pen`e*tra*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impénétrabilité.]