pend

verb, noun — 7 senses

pend

verb

UK, US /pɛnd/ · /pɪnd/

Etymology Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.

1

Obsolete To hang down; to cause something to hang down

2

Scotland, Obsolete To arch over (something); to vault.

3

Obsolete To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

  • pending upon certain powerful motives1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
Related terms
append, independence, pinder, pinner

pend

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.

1

Scotland An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.

Synonyms
alley

pend

verb

Etymology Compare pen (“to shut in”).

1

Obsolete To pen; to confine.

  • soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegms, translation of original by Erasmus:

pend

noun
1

India oil cake

pend

verb

Etymology Back-formation from pending.

1

To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

  • The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 817:

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