pendere

Italian (Fiorentino)

verb
Definitions
  • to droop (from)
  • to hang over one's head
  • to lean, incline, slope, or tilt (from/towards/to)
  • (figurative) to lean incline in opinion or desire (from/towards/to)
  • to approach or tend (towards) a quality
  • (intransitive) of a lawsuit, criminal case, etc. to be ongoing or pending
  • (literary) to depend (on)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pendĕre, pendēre inherited from Proto-Italic *pendēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (pull, spin, stretch).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)pend-

Gloss

pull, spin, stretch

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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