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; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. And ever-living lamps depend in rows. Pope.

Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy. "Dependable friendships." Pope.

See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.

The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. Sir J. Reynolds. So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. Bacon.…

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

In a dependent manner.

One who depends; a dependent.

As having dependence. Hale.

An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory. Shak.

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.…

ed 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.

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