pend

American  

[pend] / pɛnd /

verb (used without object)

1. to remain undecided or unsettled.

2. to hang.

3. Obsolete. to depend.

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pend British  

/ pɛnd /

verb

1. to await judgment or settlement

2. dialect to hang; depend

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noun

1. an archway or vaulted passage

Etymology

Origin of pend

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

Example Sentences

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

It is mooted that should my wife gain the King's ear, she will influence him to consent not only on this thy matter but others of great importance that now pend.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

But let that passe, when went your harebrainde sonne, That Cuckow, vertue-singing, hatefull byrde, To guarde the safetie of his better part, Which he hath pend within the childish coope Of young Pertillos sweete securitie?

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

That he did vexe himselfe and sweate in his desires, as being pend up in a narrow roome, 29 when hee was confin’d but to one world.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by Wilkins, John