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Webster 1913 Edition
Dependence
1.
The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
2.
The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).
The cause of effects, and the
dependence
of one thing upon another. Bp. Burnet.
3.
Mutual connection and support; concatenation; systematic inter-relation.
So dark and so intricate of purpose, without any
dependence
or order. Sir T. More.
Reduced to a servile
dependence
on their mercy. Burke.
5.
A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.
Affectionate
dependence
on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. T. Erskine.
6.
That on which one depends or relies;
as, he was her sole
. dependence
7.
That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.
Like a large cluster of black grapes they show
And make a large
And make a large
dependence
from the bough. Dryden.
8.
A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.
[Obs.]
To go on now with my first
dependence
. Beau. & Fl.