Meaning & use
pended
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Remained undecided or unsettled, awaiting a decision or resolution; the past tense of "pend."
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The lawsuit pended in court for nearly three years before a ruling was issued.
Approval of the merger pended while regulators reviewed the companies' finances.
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"Pend" is the verb behind the more familiar adjective "pending," and is most often encountered in legal or administrative writing.
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remained pendingawaited
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