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impendent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective impendent has 1 sense
- impendent(s = adj.all) at hand, close at hand, imminent, impending - close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" Derived form noun impendency1
CIDE DICTIONARY
impendent, a. [L. impendens, p. pr. of impendēre.].
Impending; threatening. [1913 Webster]
"Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall."
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