IMMINENT

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril. "In danger imminent." Spenser.

2.
a.

Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous. Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. Shak.


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