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

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

Mutually dependent.

See Misspell, Misspend, etc.

To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.

One who misspends.

Outlay; expenditure. [R.] A mere outspend of savageness. I. Taylor.

To weight carefully in the mind. [R.] "Perpend my words." Shak.

See Perpender.

l so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.

Something hanging straight down; a plumb line. [Obs.]

At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc. Perpendicular style (Arch.), a name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of…

The quality or state of being perpendicular.

In a perpendicular manner; vertically.

thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend. [R.] Shak. We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. Barrow.

Propensity. [R.]

Inclining forward or toward. South.

A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.

Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.

Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.