Associations to the word «Pend»

Wiktionary

PEND, verb. (obsolete) To hang down. [15th-19th c.]
PEND, verb. (obsolete) (Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. [15th-18th c.]
PEND, verb. To hang; to depend.
PEND, 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. [from 15th c.]
PEND, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To pen; to confine.
PEND, verb. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). [from 20th c.]
PEND, noun. (India) oil cake

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley