dependence (depend ens)

[Formerly sometimes spelled dependance, after F. dépen dance; = Sp. Pg. dependencia = It. dipendenza, depen denza, ML. dependent i a, a hanging thing to the support from which it hangs; a hanging; also, the hanging thing it self. [Rare.] And made a long dependence from the bough. Dryden. 2. The relation of logical consequent to its antecedent, of conclusion to premise, or of a contingent fact to the condition upon which it depends; the relation of effect to cause. In this sense dependence is said to be in ferri, in e e, or in operari: in ferri, when the cause brings the effect into being; in e e, when the continued existence of the effect is due to the cause; in operari, when the effect cannot itself act as a cause without the cooperation of its cause. The word is also applied in this sense to the relation of accident to substance; also, to the accident itself, as being in this relation. Causality and dependence : that is, the will of God, and his power of acting. Clarke, The Attributes, iii. 3. The state of deriving existence, support, or direction from another; the state of being subject to the power and operation of some extraneous force; subjection or subordination to another or to something else: as, dependence is the natural condition of childhood; the de pendence of life upon solar heat. Having no relation to or dependence upon the court. Clarendon, Civil War, III. 623. All our dependance was on the Drafts, which only point ed out to us where such and such Places or Islands were, without giving us any account, what Harbour, Roads, or Bays there were. Dampier , Voyages, I. 416. It [the word colony] suggests the notion of a body of settlers from some country who still remain in a state of greater or le dependence on the mother-country. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 24. 4. Reliance; confidence; trust; a resting on something: as, we may have a firm dependence on the promises of God. When once a true principle of piety and of a religious dependance on God is duly excited in us, it will operate beyond the particular cause from whence it sprang. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. vii. The great dependence is upon the Duke; the soldiers adore him, and with reason. It was the Indian way to call the place a fort where the palace and all its dependencies were situated. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 446. Syn. Dependence , Dependency. These forms are now seldom used interchangeably, as they were formerly, de pendence being employed almost exclusively in abstract senses, and dependency in concrete ones, or for things or facts instead of relations or states. dependent (de-pen'dent), a. and n. [Formerly and sometimes still spelled dependant (see note below); Hang The whole furrs in the tails were dependent . Peacham. 2. Subordinate; subject to, under the control of, or needing aid from some extraneous source: as, the dependent condition of childhood; all men are largely dependent upon one another. Who for a poor support herself resign'd To the base toil of a dependent mind. Crabbe, Works, IV. 176. England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. Macaulay . This country is independent in government, but totally dependent in manners, which are the basis of government. N. Webster , in Scudder, p. 163. -5. In law , cond i 3. Contingent; resultant; derived from as a source; related to some ground or condition: as, an effect may be dependent on some unknown cause.-4. Relative: as, dependent b endent beauty (which see, under beauty ).—5. tioned on something else: as, the covenant of the purchaser purchaser of land to pay for it is usually so expre ed in the contract of purchase as to be dependent dependent on performance of the vendor's covenant to convey. Such covenants are usually mutually dependent.- Dependent covenant, ens, etc. See the nouns. II. n. 1. One who depends on or looks to another for support or favor; a retainer: as, the prince was followed by a numerous train dependents. Can you love me? I am an heir, sweet lady, However I appear a poor dependant . of Fletcher ( and another ), Elder Brother, iii. 5. He lives in the family rather as a relation than a de pendant. Add is on, Sir Roger at Home. The most deperditely wicked of all others, in whom was the root of wickedne . Bp. King , Sermon (1608), p. 17. deperditiont (dep-er-dish'on), n. [= F. déper dition = Pr. deperdicio = Sp. Pg. desperdicio = perdere , destroy, lose: see deperdit .] Lo ; waste; destruction; ruin. See perdition . The old [body] by continual Deperdition and insensible Transpirations evaporating still out of us, and giving Way to fresh. Howell , Letters, I. i. 31. depersonalize (dē-pèr's on-al-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. depersonalized, ppr. depersonalizing. [ Modern democracy, whatever political form it may a ume, will have to ground its doctrine of human right, not upon theories which depersonalise man, but upon the primary facts of free will and moral obligation, which constitute him a person. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XXXIX. 47. depertiblet (dē-pêr'ti-bl), a . [For depart able , q. v., partly accommodated to L. dis per tire , the more common form of dispart ire , the orig. of ME. departen , deperten , E. depart : see depart .] Divisible; sep a ; separable; diffusible. It may be, also, that some bodies have a kinde of lentour, and more depertible nature than others, as we see it evident in colouration. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 857. dephal (dep'hal), n. [The Bengali name.] Ar to carpus Lakoocha , an Indian tree, of the same genus as the breadfruit and jack, and cultivated for its fruit, which is of the size of an orange. The juice is used for bird-lime. dephlegm (de-flem'), v . t . [=F. déflegmer = Sp. desflemar = Pg. desfleimar , deflegmar = It. de flemmare , dis phlegm are , dis- priv. + phlegm a , phlegm: see phlegm .] To deprive of or clear from phlegm; dehydrate; desiccate; dephlegmate. IMG:content-2400.png:[ocr errors][merged small] IMG:content-2401.png:[blocks in formation] My father is to advance me a sum to meet, as I have alleged, engagements contracted during the dependence of the late negotiation. Shelley, in Dowden, II. 8. An action is said to be in dependence from the moment of citation till the final decision of the House of Lords. Bell . Moral dependence, the relation of the will to the moral law.=Syn. Dependence, Dependency. See dependency. dependency (de-pen'den-si), n.; pl. dependen cies (-siz). [Formerly also dependancy; an extension of dependence. See -ence, -ency.] 1. Same as dependence. We are indigent, defencele beings; the creatures of his power, and the dependents of his providence. Rogers. 2. That which depends on something else; consequence; a corollary. The parliament of 1 H. IV. c. 3, 4. repealed this parlia ment of 21 R. II. with all its circumstances and depen dents. Prynne, Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists, IMG:content-2402.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2403.png:[blocks in formation] dephlegmedne