Part 2953

<blockquote>To go on now with my first <b>dependence</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dependency</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pend"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dependencies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.</def>

<blockquote>Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much <b>dependency</b> each on the other. <i>Sir J. Reynolds.</i></blockquote> <-- #sic. "action" is the singular. Why? -->

<blockquote>So that they may acknowledge their <b>dependency</b> on the crown of England. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A thing hanging down; a dependence.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.</def>

<blockquote>This earth and its <b>dependencies</b>. <i>T. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as <b>dependencies</b> on or affections of substances. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; <as>as, Great Britain has its <ex>dependencies</ex> in Asia, Africa, and America</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Dependence</i> is more used in the abstract, and <i>dependency</i> in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4.</note>

<h1>Dependent</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pend"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dependens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. <ets>dependere</ets>. See <er>Depend</er>, and cf. <er>Dependant</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Hanging down; <as>as, a <ex>dependent</ex> bough or leaf</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>; <as>as, <ex>dependent</ex> on God; <ex>dependent</ex> upon friends.</as></def>

<blockquote>England, long <b>dependent</b> and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Dependent covenant</col> or <col>contract</col></mcol> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.</cd> -- <col>Dependent variable</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the <i>independent variable<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dependent</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pend"ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; <as>as, a numerous train of <ex>dependents</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>A host of <b>dependents</b> on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which depends; corollary; consequence.</def>

<blockquote>With all its circumstances and <b>dependents</b>. <i>Prynne.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; See the Note under <er>Dependant</er>.</note>

<h1>Dependently</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pend"ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dependent manner.</def>

<h1>Depender</h1> <Xpage=392>