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To hold in abeyance; to wait to take action.

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Usage examples (33)
  • "pend" that led to his habitation, and he was dragged, panting and terrified, to the kirk-yard before he understood what it all meant.
  • He 'pend on mah pappy t' see aftah ebbathin 'foah him.
  • My understanding is that Harlan Ellison(TM)(C)(pat. pend.)
  • 'Ou may' pend on dat, massa Robert, 'ou may' pend on dat. '
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