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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impend \Im*pend"\, verb (used with an object) [L. impend[e^]re; pref. im- in + pend[e^]re to weigh out, pay.] To pay. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impend \Im*pend"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Impended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impending}.] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re to hang. See {Pendant}.] To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See {Imminent}.
Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impend
verb: be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "impend": approach, await, be as expected, be imminent, be in store, beetle, brew, come on, confront, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, expect it of, face, forthcome, gather, hang out, hang over, hover, impend over, jut, lie over, loom, lower, menace, near, overhang, project, project over, threaten, thrust over
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