Impended

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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