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Depending on one's self.

r the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley.

Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

n one or more tones foreign to their proper harmony. -- Accidental colors (Opt.), colors depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colors. They are purely subjective sensations of color which often result from the contemplation of actually colored bodies. -- Accidental point (Persp.…

to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. Reid. The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. Lardner.

o flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

Not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.

r condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley.

the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract. Bouvier.

Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier.

An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions. Magnetic amplitude, the angular distance of a heavenly body, when on the horizon, from the magnetic east or west point as indicated by the compass. The difference between the magnetic and the tr…

Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19.

Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

liquid; -- said of kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

vent took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.