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Definition of pend in English: pendnoun pɛnd English Regional, East Anglian English regional (East Anglian). Pressure, strain; an awkward or difficult situation.
noun pɛnd Scottish An arch, an archway; an arched or vaulted roof or canopy; the vaulted ground floor of a tower or fortified building; a covered passage or entry; (in later use) especially one leading off a street frontage.
verb pɛnd no object To pinch, be constricting. Also: to press or beat down. Compare pend. Now English regional (East Anglian).
verb pɛnd 1no object Now informal. To depend on or upon. 2no object To await conclusion or resolution.
verb pɛnd Business with object To treat as pending; to postpone deciding on or attending to; to defer.
Origin Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently the regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) reflex of an Old English (i-mutated) by-form of pound. Compare Middle Low German pend pond (one isolated attestation in a 15th-cent. translation of an Old Frisian document)
late Middle English. Probably from pend
late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Originally a regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) variant of pind
late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From Middle French pendre to hang, be suspended and its etymon post-classical Latin pendere for classical Latin pendēre to hang, of uncertain origin. In branch II. after pending [adjective¹]
1950s; earliest use found in Pamela Frankau (1908–1967), novelist. Back-formation from pending. Definition of pend in US English: pendnounpɛnd English Regional, East Anglian English regional (East Anglian). Pressure, strain; an awkward or difficult situation.
nounpɛnd Scottish An arch, an archway; an arched or vaulted roof or canopy; the vaulted ground floor of a tower or fortified building; a covered passage or entry; (in later use) especially one leading off a street frontage.
verbpɛnd no object To pinch, be constricting. Also: to press or beat down. Compare pend. Now English regional (East Anglian).
verbpɛnd 1no object Now informal. To depend on or upon. 2no object To await conclusion or resolution.
verbpɛnd Business with object To treat as pending; to postpone deciding on or attending to; to defer.
Origin Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently the regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) reflex of an Old English (i-mutated) by-form of pound. Compare Middle Low German pend pond (one isolated attestation in a 15th-cent. translation of an Old Frisian document)<br>late Middle English. Probably from pend<br>late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Originally a regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) variant of pind<br>late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From Middle French pendre to hang, be suspended and its etymon post-classical Latin pendere for classical Latin pendēre to hang, of uncertain origin. In branch II. after pending [adjective¹]<br>1950s; earliest use found in Pamela Frankau (1908–1967), novelist. Back-formation from pending. |