pend
to remain undecided or unsettled.
to hang.
Obsolete. to depend.
Origin of pend
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How to use pend in a sentence
Neither of us spoke again, and at length the squat log buildings of pend d' Oreille loomed ahead of us in the night.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe planned to make an early start from pend d' Oreille, and thus reach Walsh by riding late the next night.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclairpend upon it boss, Miss Alice is ergwine to bite at the hook fore yu flings out de bate.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonAn upbringing in a Dundee “pend” had not acquainted her with shame as an attendant upon sin.
Notes on Old Edinburgh | Isabella L. BirdIt is much used by the upper pend Oreille Indians in going to hunt buffalo east of the mountains.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) | Hazard Stevens
British Dictionary definitions for pend
/ (pɛnd) /
to await judgment or settlement
dialect to hang; depend
Scot an archway or vaulted passage
Origin of pend
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