pend

  1. Verb.  (obsolete) To hang down. (defdate, 15th-19th c.) .
  2. Verb.  (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. (defdate, 15th-18th c.) .
  3. Noun.  (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. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). (defdate, from 20th c.) .

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