pend

[pend] /pɛnd/
verb (used without object)
1.
to remain undecided or unsettled.
2.
to hang.
3.
Obsolete. to depend.
Origin
1490-1500; ≪ Latin pendēre to be suspended, hang, depend
British Dictionary definitions for pend

pend

/pɛnd/
verb (intransitive)
1.
to await judgment or settlement
2.
(dialect) to hang; depend
noun
3.
(Scot) an archway or vaulted passage
Word Origin
C15: from Latin pendēre to hang; related to Latin pendere to suspend
Word Origin and History for pend
v.

c.1500, "to depend, to hang," from French pendre, from Late Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant). In some cases short for depend.