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Hovered threateningly
Answer for the clue "Hovered threateningly ", 8 letters:
impended
Word definitions for impended in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: impend )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impend \Im*pend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended ; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending .] [L. impend[=e]re; pref. im- in + pend[=e]re to hang. See Pendant .] To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten from near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent ...
Usage examples of impended.
Dark woods, intermingled with bold projections of rock, sometimes barren, and sometimes covered with the purple bloom of wild flowers, impended over the lake, and were seen in the clear mirror of its waters.
Not only the dangers through which they had passed, but those which still impended above them, appeared to be momentarily forgotten, in the soothing indulgence of such a family meeting.