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pend.

To hang down; to cause something to hang down

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɛnd/UK, US/pɪnd/pin-pen-merger
  1. To hang down; to cause something to hang down

    obsolete
  2. To arch over (something); to vault.

    Scotland · obsolete
  3. To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.

noun/pɛnd/UK, US/pɪnd/pin-pen-merger
  1. An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.

verb/pɛnd/UK, US/pɪnd/pin-pen-merger
  1. To pen; to confine.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Compare pen (“to shut in”).

verb/pɛnd/UK, US/pɪnd/pin-pen-merger
  1. To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from pending.

noun/pɛnd/UK, US/pɪnd/pin-pen-merger
  1. oil cake

    India · uncountable
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