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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Ĭm'mi-nence, n.

noun

n. [Fr. imminence, It. imminenza, Lat. imminentia.]

  1. The quality or condition of being imminent; a threatening, as of something in the act of falling. “The imminence of any danger or distress.” Fuller.
  2. That which is imminent; impending evil or danger. Shak.