impend Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. impendeo, 2 (foll. by in and acc. or dat.)2. immĭneo, insto • impend: I. Lit.: to hang over: impendeo, immĭneo: v. to overhang, command (extr.). II. Fig.: to be imminent: 1. impendeo, 2 (foll. by in and acc. or dat.): though all possible dangers i. over me, licet in me impendeant pericula omnia, Cic. R. Am. 11, 31: with dat., id. Tusc. 4, 16., 35. 2. immĭneo, insto: v. imminent (Phr.).