impend
I
verb
approach, be at hand, be forthcoming, be imminent, be in store, be near, be near at hand, draw near, imminere, impendere, loom, menace, promise ill, threaten
associated concepts: impending danger, impending death, impending peril
II
index
menace, presage
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006