Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Imminent

Imminent , adjective

[Latin imminens, present participle of imminere to project; pref. im- in + minere (in comp.) to jut, project. See Eminent.]

1.
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
In danger imminent. — Spenser
2.
Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous.
Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. — Shakespeare
3.
(With upon) Bent upon; attentive to. [Rare]
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters. — Milton
Three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death. — Shakespeare
No story I unfold of public woes, Nor bear advices of impending foes. — Pope
Fierce faces threatening war. — Milton