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      impend
      verb
      (intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
      (intransitive, figurative) To hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
      (obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
      (obsolete) To pay.
      Roots
      pendo-pend · Latin · hang
      Synonyms for impend
      threatenv
      Words related to impend
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