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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dependent \De*pend"ent\, n. 1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as a numerous train of dependents. A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. --Hallam. 2. That which depends; corollary; consequence. With all its circumstances and dependents. --Prynne. Note: See the Note under {Dependant}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr dependere. See {Depend}, and cf {Dependant}.] 1. Hanging down as a dependent bough or leaf. 2. 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 on or upon as dependent on God; dependent upon friends. England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. --Macaulay. {Dependent covenant} or {contract} (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed. {Dependent variable} (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dependent adj 1: not independent; "dependent children" [ant: {independent}] 2: contingent on something else [syn: {dependant}, {qualified}] 3: (grammar) of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" [syn: {subordinate}] [ant: {independent}] 4: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" [syn: {subject}] 5: addicted to a drug [syn: {dependant}, {drug-addicted}, {hooked}, {strung-out}] n : a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) [syn: {dependant}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: DEPENDENT, adj Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.
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