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verb
To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To pay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
be imminent or about to happen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: be
History
Borrowed from Latin impendere (“to hang over, to weigh out”), 1590s.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
