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▪ I. † imˈpend, v.1 Obs.
[ad. L. impend-ĕre to lay out, expend, devote, employ, f. im- (im-1) + pendĕre to weigh, pay out.]
trans. To pay to some one; to spend, expend; to apply (money); to bestow.
c1486Plumpton Corr. 67 Ye shall bynd me..to impend unto your sayd mastership our prayer and service, according unto our duety. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 354 For theyr fydelytie, whiche they to vs dayly impende. 1612Sturtevant Metallica (1854) 60 Monie to be impended and disbursed in Charges. 1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. ii. (1682) Pref. 9, I am almost ashamed to tell how much was impended on these Trials. a1690R. Law's Mem. (1818) 142 May they not also forbidd all tennants and vassals to pay..rents to them, because they know not how they will impend them?
▪ II. impend, v.2|ɪmˈpɛnd|
[ad. L. impend-ēre, in same senses, f. im- (im-1) + pendēre to hang.]
1. intr. To hang or be suspended (over); to overhang. (With indirect pass.)
1780A. Young Tour Irel. 290 Bulging rocks..which seem to impend in horrid forms over the lake. 1803K. White Clifton Grove 224 Mournful larches o'er the wave impend. 1863Mrs. Oliphant Salem Ch. i. 5 Old Mr. Tufton, spiritual but homely, had been wont to impend over the desk and exhort his beloved brethren. 1878H. S. Wilson Alp. Ascents i. 9 Impended over by great rock boulders.
2. transf. and fig. Of evil or danger: To hang threateningly or hover (over) as about to fall.
1599Massinger, etc. Old Law v. i, Your father's curses, which have brought Vengeance impending on you. 1706Phillips, To Impend, to hang over one's Head, as Dangers or Judgments do; to be likely to happen. 1725Pope Odyss. ii. 191 Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 515 Great dangers impended over the ecclesiastical and civil constitution. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) II. i. i. 12 Barbarism is ever impending over the civilized world.
3. Hence, generally, To be about to happen; to be imminent or near at hand.
1674tr. Martiniere's Voy. N. Countries 141 Giving them notice of any accident or distemper impending. 1712–14Pope Rape Lock i. 109, I saw, alas! some dread event impend. 1744Akenside Pleas. Imag. ii. 68 The same glad task Impends. 1840Thirlwall Greece VII. 163 A war which was believed to be impending.
4. trans. To overhang, hover over; to be imminently near to. rare.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 354 Thine own Art..lets thee not foresee what impends thee on earth. 1670Penn Case Lib. Consc. 6 The dreadful Judgments that now impend the Nation. 1810Shelley Zastrozzi xiii. Pr. Wks. 1888 I. 86 The alarming danger which impended her. |