impend

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

impend
    v 1: be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Impend \Im*pend"\, v. t. [L. impend[e^]re; pref. im- in +
   pend[e^]re to weigh out, pay.]
   To pay. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Impend \Im*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Impended}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Impending}.] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re
   to hang. See {Pendant}.]
   To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at
   hand; to menace; to be imminent. See {Imminent}.
   [1913 Webster]

         Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. --Pope.
   Impendence

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "impend":
      approach, await, be as expected, be imminent, be in store, beetle,
      brew, come on, confront, draw near, draw nigh, draw on,
      expect it of, face, forthcome, gather, hang out, hang over, hover,
      impend over, jut, lie over, loom, lower, menace, near, overhang,
      project, project over, threaten, thrust over

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