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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pend (pend),USA pronunciation v.i. - to remain undecided or unsettled.
- to hang.
- [Obs.]to depend.
- Latin pendēre to be suspended, hang, depend 1490–1500
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pend /pɛnd/ vb (intransitive)- to await judgment or settlement
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin pendēre to hang; related to Latin pendere to suspend -pend-, root. - -pend- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "hang;
be suspended or weighed.'' This meaning is found in such words as: append, appendage, appendix, compendium, depend, expend, impending, independent, pendant, pending, pendulous, pendulum, spend, stipend, suspend.
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