Both Uses of
impending
in
Don Quixote
- But it spoils all, that at this point and crisis the author of the history leaves this battle impending, giving as excuse that he could find nothing more written about these achievements of Don Quixote than what has been already set forth.†
Chpt 1.7-8 *impending = about to happen
- Nay; see whether by bodily strength it be possible to learn or divine the intentions of the enemy, his plans, stratagems, or obstacles, or to ward off impending mischief; for all these are the work of the mind, and in them the body has no share whatever.†
Chpt 1.37-38
Definition:
about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared