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impendence

impendence is the alternative form of impendency.

Meaning of impendency

Noun

impendency (countable and uncountable, plural impendencies)

  1. The state of impending.
  2. That which impends.
    • Impendence of volcanic cloud.1843–1860, John Ruskin, Modern Painters, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about impendence

What is impendence the alternative form of?
Impendence is the alternative form of impendency.

Words near impendence in the dictionary

  1. impellors
  2. impels
  3. impen
  4. impend
  5. impended
  6. impendence
  7. impendencies
  8. impendency
  9. impendent
  10. impendeth
  11. impending

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