impendent

English

Etymology

From Latin impendens.

Adjective

impendent (comparative more impendent, superlative most impendent)

(now rare) impending; threatening
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 2, line 177:
  Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.

Synonyms

imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also Thesaurus:impending

References

“impendent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

impendent

third-person plural future active indicative of impendō
third-person plural present active indicative of impendeō

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