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Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. Longfellow.

The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

In a pendent manner.

A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. Shak. "A precedent injury." Bacon. Condition precedent (Law), a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right.

Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.

Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions. All their actions in that time are not precedential to warrant posterity. Fuller.

Beforehand; antecedently.

Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident. [Obs.] Baxter.

Cutting off; abstracting. [R.] Cheyne.

Precedent. [Obs.] Bacon.

Presiding or watching over. "Presidential angels." Glanvill.

The office and dignity of president; presidency. Hooker.

A falling down; a prolapsus. [R.] Parr.

Inclining forward or toward. South.

Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future. And of our good and of our dignity, How provident he is. Milton.

Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. -- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv.

In a provident manner.

The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.