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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- Pressure, strain; an awkward or difficult situation.
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Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently the regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) reflex of an Old English (i-mutated) by-form of pound. Compare Middle Low German pend pond (one isolated attestation in a 15th-cent. translation of an Old Frisian document)
[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- An arch, an archway; an arched or vaulted roof or canopy; the vaulted ground floor of a tower or fortified building; a covered passage or entry; (in later use) especially one leading off a street frontage.
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Origin
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late Middle English. Probably from pend
[], (Verb)
Definitions:
- To pinch, be constricting. Also: to press or beat down. Compare pend.
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Origin
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late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Originally a regional (south-eastern and East Anglian) variant of pind
[], (Verb)
Definitions:
- To depend on or upon.
- To await conclusion or resolution.
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Origin
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late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From Middle French pendre to hang, be suspended and its etymon post-classical Latin pendere for classical Latin pendēre to hang, of uncertain origin
[], (Verb)
Definitions:
- To treat as pending; to postpone deciding on or attending to; to defer.
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1950s; earliest use found in Pamela Frankau (1908–1967), novelist. Back-formation from pending
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