To Impend

Etymology

From Latin impendēns, present participle of impendēre ("to hang over, threaten"), from in- ("upon, over") + pendēre ("to hang"), from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-* ("to stretch, pull").

1. (obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
2. (intransitive) Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
3. (intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
4. (obsolete) To pay

Synonyms

loom, overhang, threaten

Translations

Arabic: (يَشْرِف عَلَى), (يُحْدِق), (يَقْتَرِب حُدُوثُه)

German: (bevorstehen), (drohen)

Norwegian Bokmål: (å forestå), (å true), (å henge over)