pend

[ pend ]

/ pɛnd /

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verb (used without object)

to remain undecided or unsettled.

to hang.

Obsolete. to depend.

RELATED WORDS

await, hang

Nearby words

Origin of pend

1490–1500; ≪ Latin pendēre to be suspended, hang, depend

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Examples from the Web for pend

You is free, jus' like I is, and have to 'pend on yourselves for de livin'.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves.|Work Projects Administration
One day many of the Pend dOreilles were at the trading store.
Then and Now|Robert Vaughn
"I wad shorten his pend'lum, sir," replied the unlucky wight.
The Humour and Pathos of Anglo-Indian Life|Dr. Ticklemore
"You 'pend upon it, he comfortable somewhere," said the chief, consolingly.
Not Pretty, But Precious|John Hay, et al.

From these points lines were pushed over the Pend d'Oreille and Missouri divisions towards the continental divide.
The Last American Frontier|Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

British Dictionary definitions for pend

pend

/ (pɛnd) /

verb (intr)

to await judgment or settlement

dialect to hang; depend

noun

Scot an archway or vaulted passage

Word Origin for pend

C15: from Latin pendēre to hang; related to Latin pendere to suspend

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Word Origin and History for pend

pend

c.1500, "to depend, to hang," from French pendre, from Late Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant). In some cases short for depend.