While waiting for something; until. / During.

present participle of pend

Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation. / Begun but not completed. / About to happen; imminent or impending.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pend

(transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).

(Scotland) 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.

(obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.

(obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down / (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. / (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

(India) oil cake

simple past tense and past participle of pend