Synonyms for pend


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pend
Phonetic Transcription : pɛnd


Définition of pend

Origin :
  • c.1500, "to depend, to hang," from French pendre, from Late Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant). In some cases short for depend.
  • verb depend
Example sentences :
  • Svip, the son of Pend, had no chance with him whatever, for there was no science at all in him.
  • Extract from : « Ned, the son of Webb » by William O. Stoddard
  • One day many of the Pend dOreilles were at the trading store.
  • Extract from : « Then and Now » by Robert Vaughn
  • Without this service the cases do not "pend" because they are lost.
  • Extract from : « The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913 » by Various
  • To this restriction Alexander, the Pend Oreille chief, demurred.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) » by Hazard Stevens
  • The first discovery was at the mouth of the Pend Oreille River.
  • Extract from : « The Columbia River » by William Denison Lyman
  • "You 'pend upon it, he comfortable somewhere," said the chief, consolingly.
  • Extract from : « Not Pretty, But Precious » by John Hay, et al.
  • So we took to the upland again and loped toward Pend d' Oreille.
  • Extract from : « Raw Gold » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • The Pend d'Oreille region has good agricultural capabilities, though the best lands there are in the Indian reservation.
  • Extract from : « A Report on Washington Territory » by William Henry Ruffner
  • Pend upon it boss, Miss Alice is ergwine to bite at the hook fore yu flings out de bate.
  • Extract from : « The Broken Sword » by Dennison Worthington
  • Here you air all pend up by yerselves, talkin about the sins of a world you don't know nothin of.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Works of Artemus Ward » by Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)

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