impendent

Adjective
Synonyms: at handclose at handimminentimpending

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. close in time; about to occur“retribution is at hand”“some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand”“in imminent danger”“his impending retirement”Synonyms: at handclose at handimminentimpendingOpposite distantSimilar close

Related words forthcomingness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Im·pend′ent adjective

Origin: L. impendens, p. pr. of impendēre.

Impending; threatening.

Impendent horrors, threatening hideous fall.— John Milton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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