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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: pended
Gerund: pending

Imperative
pend
pend
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
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Translations
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Mentioned in
References in classic literature
'Pend upon it, Sammy, it's a constitootional infirmity.'
Among the motley Visitors to the winter quarters of Captain Bonneville was a party of Pends Oreilles (or Hanging-ears) and their chief.
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