impendent

[ im-pen-duhnt ]
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adjective

Origin of impendent

1
1585–95; <Latin impendent- stem of impendēns present participle of impendēre to hang over, threaten. See impend, -ent

Other words from impendent

  • im·pend·ence, im·pend·en·cy, noun

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