pend

[pend]

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verb (used without object)

to remain undecided or unsettled.

to hang.

Obsolete. to depend.

Origin of pend

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

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Related Words for pend

await, hang

Examples from the Web for pend

Historical Examples of pend

Svip, the son of Pend, had no chance with him whatever, for there was no science at all in him.
Ned, the son of Webb
William O. Stoddard
One day many of the Pend dOreilles were at the trading store.
Then and Now
Robert Vaughn
Without this service the cases do not "pend" because they are lost.
The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913
Various
To this restriction Alexander, the Pend Oreille chief, demurred.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2)
Hazard Stevens
The first discovery was at the mouth of the Pend Oreille River.
The Columbia River
William Denison Lyman

British Dictionary definitions for pend

pend

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

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