Synonyms for pended


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pend
Phonetic Transcription : pɛnd


Définition of pended

Origin :
  • c.1500, "to depend, to hang," from French pendre, from Late Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant). In some cases short for depend.
  • verb depend
Example sentences :
  • De las' one he had pended on fer ter stan' by 'im had gone back on 'im, en dey did n' 'pear ter be nuffin mo' wuf libbin' fer.
  • Extract from : « The Conjure Woman » by Charles W. Chesnutt
  • De las' one he had 'pended on fer ter stan' by 'im had gone back on 'im, en dey didn' 'pear ter be nuffin mo' wuf libbin' fer.
  • Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
  • He never failed to blow dat bugle at break of day 'cep on Sundays, and evvybody on dat place 'pended on him to wake 'em up.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
  • While it pended, the unsettled feeling of spring made the Patty-Pans its headquarters.
  • Extract from : « Six Girls and the Tea Room » by Marion Ames Taggart
  • Is it scientific to say that the muscle of a man de- pended upon the length of his locks?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • I tole 'em this was the fust mornin' an' they orter be up right smart, cos everythin' 'pended on how we took a start.
  • Extract from : « Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty » by J. W. de Forest
  • I done tol' him you might be back to-day an' den ag'in you mightn't—'pended on de way de ducks was flyin'.
  • Extract from : « Kennedy Square » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • De number of gen'rals 'pended on how much corn us had and how many slaves was shuckin' corn.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Work Projects Administration

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