pend

present singular third person pends · participle present pending · participle past pended · past pended

1. obsoleteTo hang down; to cause something to hang downFirst known use 15th–19th c.
2. ScotlandobsoleteTo arch over (something); to vault.First known use 15th–18th c.
3. obsoleteTo hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

   pending upon certain powerful motives

   1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC

plural pends

1. ScotlandAn 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.First known use 15th c.

   Synonyms: alley

present singular third person pends · participle present pending · participle past pended · past pended

1. obsoletetransitiveTo pen; to confine.

   soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron

   1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegms, translation of original by Erasmus

present singular third person pends · participle present pending · participle past pended · past pended

1. transitiveTo consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).First known use 20th c.

   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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