IMPEND

PRONUNCIATION: (im-PEND)

MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To be about to happen; to loom.
2. To threaten or menace.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin impendere (to hang over), from in- (towards, upon) + pendere (hang). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)pen- (to draw, to spin), which is also the source of pendulum, spider, pound, pansy, pendant, ponder, appendix, penthouse, depend, and spontaneous vilipend, filipendulous, perpend, equipoise, pendulous, and pensive. Earliest documented use: 1627.
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ISPEND - using Apple-pay much too much

LIMPEND - what you get when you dip the last quarter-inch of a piece of spaghetti into boiling water

HIMPEND - Good news, Honey, the ultrasound says we're having a boy!