Definition of Impendency

1. Noun. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Impendency

impeke
impel
impelled
impellent
impellents
impeller
impellers
impelling
impellor
impellors
impels
impen
impend
impended
impendence
impendency (current term)
impendent
impending
impends
impenetrability
impenetrable
impenetrableness
impenetrably
impenetralia
impenitence
impenitences
impenitencies
impenitency
impenitent
impenitently

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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