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