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impend

(v): be imminent or about to happen
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about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Oh, indeed it does! (And love the quote too.)

about 1 year ago npydyuan said:

"Well, after a while something happened——"

"Oh, no, it didn't. Something impended always, but it never happened."

Stephen Crane, The Third Violet

It's always nice to see a word's less common inflections in use. It had never really occurred to me to use this word in any role but the participial!

Aside: Project Gutenberg rocks!

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