pend
Americanverb (used without object)
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to remain undecided or unsettled.
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to hang.
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Obsolete. to depend.
verb
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to await judgment or settlement
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dialect to hang; depend
noun
Etymology
Origin of pend
1490–1500; ≪ Latin pendēre to be suspended, hang, depend
Example Sentences
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A judge temporarily blocked some elements of his schools legislation while cases pend.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023
Richard Mortimer's excitement was dampened by professional botanists, pend ing further inquiry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not feeling strong enough to pend further instructions, I at once sent this home.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919 by Various
Crecian pend - When Breitmann says "Dat pend of the bow ish the Crecian pend," it is a rather eqivocal compliment.
From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey
A person is repulsive when he has qualities which tend to drive others back or away. pend, pens = hang.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.
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