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pended

pended is the simple past and past participle of pend.

Meaning of pend

Verb (1)

pend (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. (Scotland, obsolete) To arch over (something); to vault.
  3. (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
    • pending upon certain powerful motives1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC

Verb (2)

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.
    • soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegms, translation of original by Erasmus

Verb (3)

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)

  1. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
    • The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 817

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Questions about pended

What is pended the simple past and past participle of?
Pended is the simple past and past participle of pend.

Words near pended in the dictionary

  1. pendaul
  2. pendauls
  3. pendaunt
  4. pendaunts
  5. pendecamaine
  6. pended
  7. Pendeghast
  8. pendejera
  9. pendejismo
  10. pendejo
  11. pendejos

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