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See Epencephalon.

Pertaining to the epencephalon.

the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

pithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.

See Ependyma.

Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. nemol.

Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.

The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.

The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl in monosyllable.

The antepenult.

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

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber. Addison.

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.