i Register
In some senses, pend is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
verb
To hang down; to cause something to hang down
To arch over (something); to vault.
To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.
pending upon certain powerful motives
noun
An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
verb
To pen; to confine.
soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron