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
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.
She met him on the stair as if by accident, pretending to be going down to her cellar in the pend.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
He caught a glimpse of Gilian spying from the pend close and darted in trembling, but soon came out again, with the maid patting him kindly and assuringly on the back.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
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