Definition of "pend"

pend¹

/pɛnd/

verb
third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended
1. (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down
2. (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
3. (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
  Quotations
  pending upon certain powerful motives
  1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball
noun
plural pends
1. (Scotland) 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.

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