pend
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɛnd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Homophone: penned
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /pɪnd/
- Homophone: pinned
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.
Verb edit
pend (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 edit
pend (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 edit
Compare pen (“to shut in”).
Verb edit
pend (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 edit
Back-formation from pending.
Verb edit
pend (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 edit
pend (uncountable)
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pend
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian pendere, from Latin.
Verb edit
pend
- to hang
Scots edit
Noun edit
pend (plural pends)
- An arch, vault.
- A passageway between houses.
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Noun edit
pend m or f by sense (plural pends)