Part 2952

<blockquote>Heaven forming each on other to <b>depend</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>; <as>as, we <ex>depend</ex> on the word or assurance of our friends; we <ex>depend</ex> on the mail at the usual hour.</as></def>

<blockquote>But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog, <b>Depend</b> upon it -- he 'll remain incog. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To impend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dependable</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pend"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.</def> "<i>Dependable</i> friendships."

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Dependant, Dependance, n., Dependancy</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw><hw>De*pend"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>De*pend"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>De*pend"an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Dependent</er>, <er>Dependence</er>, <er>Dependency</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The forms <i>dependant</i>, <i>dependance</i>, <i>dependancy</i> are from the French; the forms <i>dependent</i>, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form <i>dependant</i> when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written <i>dependent</i>.</note>

<h1>Dependence</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pend"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dependentia</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dependens</ets>. See <er>Dependent</er>, and cf. <er>Dependance</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an <i>effect</i> to its <i>cause</i>).</def>

<blockquote>The cause of effects, and the <b>dependence</b> of one thing upon another. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Mutu<?/<?/<?/ <?/onnection and support; concatenation; systematic <?/<?/<?/er relation.</def>

<blockquote>So dark a<?/<?/<?/ so intricate of purpose, without any <b>dependence</b> or order. <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.</def>

<blockquote>Reduced to a servile <b>dependence</b> on their mercy. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.</def>

<blockquote>Affectionate <b>dependence</b> on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. <i>T. Erskine.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>That on which one depends or relies; <as>as, he was her sole <ex>dependence</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.</def>

<blockquote>Like a large cluster of black grapes they show And make a large <b>dependence</b> from the bough. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>