Impending : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Impending	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impending adj close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" Synonym(s): at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impending
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impending \Impend"ing\, a. Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. An impending* brow. --Hawthorne. And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. --Pope. Syn: Imminent; threatening. See {Imminent}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impend \Im*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Impended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impending}.] [L. impend[c7]re; pref. im- in + pend[c7]re to hang. See {Pendant}.] To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See {Imminent}. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope.