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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The utility relies on hydroelectric power piped into the city via dams across the state, including on the Skagit, Pend Oreille, Tolt and Cedar rivers.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Jason McQuinn, owner and director of Bear Paw Camp, a Christian camp along the Pend Oreille River near Usk, will be in attendance.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
The dam, on the Perkins Slough tributary of the Pend Oreille River, was constructed without a Clean Water Act permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, the EPA said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023
Mr. Maslonka, of Spokane, contended in a responding court filing that the dam was for irrigation of his property and to prevent the Pend Oreille River from inundating it, according to the Spokesman-Review.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023
Just below Waneta and immediately above the International Boundary Line, the Pend d’Oreille or Clark’s Fork flows, or rather falls into the Columbia.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
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