pend
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɛnd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Homophone: penned
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /pɪnd/
- Homophone: pinned
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.
Verb
editpend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
- (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down [15th–19th c.]
- (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. [15th–18th c.]
- (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
- 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
- pending upon certain powerful motives
Noun
editpend (plural pends)
- (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. [from 15th c.]
Synonyms
edit- See Thesaurus:alley
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Etymology 2
editCompare pen (“to shut in”).
Verb
editpend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
- (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.
- 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegms, translation of original by Erasmus:
- soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron
Etymology 3
editBack-formation from pending.
Verb
editpend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)
- (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). [from 20th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 817:
- The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.
Etymology 4
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editpend (uncountable)
Anagrams
editFrench
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editpend
Lombard
editEtymology
editAkin to Italian pendere, from Latin.
Verb
editpend
- to hang
Scots
editNoun
editpend (plural pends)
- An arch, vault.
- A passageway between houses.
Spanish
editEtymology
editNoun
editpend m or f by sense (plural pends)
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