pend (pɛnd ) vb (
intr )
1. to await judgment or settlement
2. dialect to hang; depend
n (Architecture) Scot an archway or vaulted passage
[C15: from Latin pendēre to hang; related to Latin pendere to suspend]
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pend (pɛnd) v.i. 1. to remain undecided or unsettled.
2. to hang.
3. Obs. to depend.
[1490–1500; « Latin pendēre to be suspended, hang, depend]
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pend Past participle: pendedGerund: pendingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I pend you pend he/she/it pends we pend you pend they pend
Preterite I pended you pended he/she/it pended we pended you pended they pended
Present Continuous I am pending you are pending he/she/it is pending we are pending you are pending they are pending
Present Perfect I have pended you have pended he/she/it has pended we have pended you have pended they have pended
Past Continuous I was pending you were pending he/she/it was pending we were pending you were pending they were pending
Past Perfect I had pended you had pended he/she/it had pended we had pended you had pended they had pended
Future I will pend you will pend he/she/it will pend we will pend you will pend they will pend
Future Perfect I will have pended you will have pended he/she/it will have pended we will have pended you will have pended they will have pended
Future Continuous I will be pending you will be pending he/she/it will be pending we will be pending you will be pending they will be pending
Present Perfect Continuous I have been pending you have been pending he/she/it has been pending we have been pending you have been pending they have been pending
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been pending you will have been pending he/she/it will have been pending we will have been pending you will have been pending they will have been pending
Past Perfect Continuous I had been pending you had been pending he/she/it had been pending we had been pending you had been pending they had been pending
Conditional I would pend you would pend he/she/it would pend we would pend you would pend they would pend
Past Conditional I would have pended you would have pended he/she/it would have pended we would have pended you would have pended they would have pended
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