pend1+ (pend)

t. [An extended form of pen1, appar. due to confusion with pind, pound3.] Το pen; confine; hamper; restrain. Hidden or pended within the limits and precincts of Grece. Udall , tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 244. That straitne ne'er was meant to pend or pre , But sure and upright make thy Pa age. J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 73.