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Definition of Impendency
1. Noun. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
Generic synonyms: State
Derivative terms: Forthcoming, Imminent, Imminent, Impend, Impend, Impendent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impendency
Literary usage of Impendency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"The constant impendency of this giant sorrow saddened to "the Lambs" even their
holidays ; as the journey which they both regarded as the relief and charm ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1849)
"The constant impendency of this great sorrow saddened to ' the Lambs ' even their
holidays, as the journey which they both regarded as the relief and charm ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"impendency, (im-pen'-den-se) n.». The enclose in a narrow place. TP IMPEND, (im-pend')
vn To hang IMPENDENT, (im-pen'-dent) a. ..."
4. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1852)
"The constant impendency of this giant sorrow saddened to " the Lambs " even their
holidays ; as the journey which they both regarded as the relief and charm ..."
5. The Works of Charles Lamb: to which are prefixed his letters, and a sketch by Charles Lamb (1871)
"The constant impendency of this giant sorrow saddened to " the Lambs" even their
holidays; as the journey which they both regarded as the relief and charm ..."
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