Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Impend /ĭmˌ-pĕnd'/ · Im·pend · IPA /ɪmˈpɛnd/ v. t. v. i. 01 v. t. To pay. 1. To pay.[Obs.] 02 v. i. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending 1. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. See: Imminent “Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends.” — Pope.