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impendent, a. Now rare.|ɪmˈpɛndənt|
[ad. L. impendēnt-em, pres. pple. of impendēre, impend v.2 Cf. obs. F. impendent (Cotgr.).]
1. = impending 1.
1611Cotgr., Impendent, impendent, hanging ouer, or vnto. 1692Ray Dissol. World iii. v. (1732) 347 A Rock of one of the impendent Cliffs. c1790J. Imison Sch. Art I. 134 That part of the atmosphere impendant over England. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. xviii. §17 The sky..is writhed into folds of motion, closely impendent upon earth. Ibid. IV. v. xvi. §40 Cliffs..impendent above strong torrents.
2. = impending 2.
a1592Greene Jas. IV Wks. (Rtldg.) 206 Were I baser born, my mean estate Could warrant me from this impendent harm. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 177 If..Impendent horrors, threatning hideous fall One day upon our heads. 1741Warburton Div. Legat. v. iii. II. 413 This impendent Desolation brings them to a Sense of their Folly. 1884Fortn. Rev. June 762 The greatest impendent national evil. |