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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- impend [ɪm'pεnd]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
(esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
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2.
vi.
[
foll by over] [rare] to be suspended; hang -
3.
vi.
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin impend
e re to overhang, from pende re to hang
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1.
vi.
[intr]
(esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
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