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ject 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.

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

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

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

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

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

of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.

y, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. Brande & C.

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. South.

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.

A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.

Self-generated; produced independently.

Independent in government; having the right or power of self- government.

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. Vast chain of being! which from God began. Pope.

The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. Campbell.