pend

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A judge temporarily blocked some elements of his schools legislation while cases pend.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Richard Mortimer's excitement was dampened by professional botanists, pend ing further inquiry.

From Time Magazine Archive

That he did vexe himselfe and sweate in his desires, as being pend up in a narrow roome, 29 when hee was confin’d but to one world.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by Wilkins, John

A person is repulsive when he has qualities which tend to drive others back or away. pend, pens = hang.

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.

Pend, pend, v.i. to hang, as in a balance, to impend.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various