pend /pɛnd/verb 5noun 2forms 3 verb5 •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 •(no longer used) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.pending upon certain powerful motives — 1832 •(no longer used) To hang down; to cause something to hang down •(no longer used) To pen; to confine.soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron — 1564 •(Scotland, no longer used) To arch over (something); to vault. noun2 •(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. •(India) oil cake formspended · pending · pends
