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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Impend

/ĭmˌ-pĕnd'/ · Im·pend · IPA /ɪmˈpɛnd/
01 v. t. To pay.
  1. 1.
    To pay.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending
  1. 1.
    To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. See: Imminent
    “Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends.” — Pope.