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One who depends; a dependent.

As having dependence. Hale.

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self- subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. Pope.…

d States, a holiday, the 4th of July, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on that day in 1776.

Independence. "Give me," I cried (enough for me), "My bread, and independency!" Pope.

Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. A dry, but independent crust. Cowper.

Independency; the church system of Independents. Bp. Gauden.

In an independent manner; without control.

Mutual dependence. "The interdependence of virtue and knowledge." M. Arnold.

Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. De Quincey.

Mutually dependent.

Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.

e been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. Pope. Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. Poe.

Same as Nepenthe. Milton.

An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.

Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis.

; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error prepense. Southey.

In a premeditated manner.

, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.

The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any p…