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Latin
Etymology
From in- + pendō (“pay”).
Pronunciation
Verb
impendō (present infinitive impendere, perfect active impendī, supine impēnsum); third conjugation
- to spend or expend
- to devote (money, time etc.) to
Conjugation
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See also
References
- “impendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a sword hangs over his neck: gladius cervicibus impendet
- (ambiguous) dangers threaten a man: pericula alicui impendent, imminent
- (ambiguous) to expend great labour on a thing: operam (laborem, curam) in or ad aliquid impendere
- (ambiguous) the house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note 'Threaten'...): domus ruina impendet
- (ambiguous) a war is imminent: bellum impendet, imminet, instat
Spanish
Verb
impendo
- first-person singular present indicative of impender