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Pend

//pɪnd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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
  2. 2
    oil cake India, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To hang down; to cause something to hang down obsolete
  2. 2
    To pen; to confine. obsolete, transitive

    "soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron"

  3. 3
    To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). transitive

    "The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis."

  4. 4
    To arch over (something); to vault. Scotland, obsolete
  5. 5
    To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on. obsolete

    "pending upon certain powerful motives"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Compare pen (“to shut in”).

Etymology 4

Back-formation from pending.

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