depend 
Captain 
with some i 
ward-mari 
who depended a yeare vpon hL r 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's True Travels, I. 149. 
Have not I, madam, two long years, two ages, with hum- 
blest resignation depended on your smiles ? 
Steele, Lying Lover, ii. 1. 
7f. To hang in suspense over ; impend. 
This day's black fate on more days doth depend ; 
This but begins the woe, others must end. 
Shak., R. and J., in. 1. 
dependable (de-pen'da-bl), a. [< depend + 
-able.'] Capable or worthy of being depended 
on; reliable; trustworthy. 
1542 
dephlegmator 
adv. 
a de- 
We might apply these numbers to the case of giants 
ry has risen Iron) a sme OI coiomai aepen 
dency. D. Webster, Speech, Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1820. (de-pen'ding-li), 
2. That of which the existence presupposes the * dent O1 . submissive manner. 
existence of something else; that which de- If thou givest me this day supplies beyond the expense 
pends for its existence upon something else. ^ this da ^ j win use it thankfully ; and, nevertheless, 
Of this frame the bearings and the ties, 
The strong connections, nice dependencies. 
Pope, Essay on Man, i. 30. depeop l e (de-pe'pl), 
3. An accident or a quality ; something non- pied, ppr. depeopling 
essential. 
Modes I call such complex ideas . . . which are consid- 
ered as dependencies, or affections of substances. Locke. 
4. That which is subordinate to and dependent 
upon something else ; especially, a territory sub- 
To flx and preserve a few lasting dependable friendships. 
Pope, To Gay. 
,..-,. , iect to the control of a power of which it does 
fi * a tSStfS: otformanintegralpart;.adependent_stateorde ? erdltHd^ 
de iirndinqli'i ; for I will renew my petition for my daily 
bread still. Hale, On the Lord's Prayer. 
t. ; pret. and pp. depeo- 
[< OF. depeupler, depo- 
'pler', also despeiipler, F. depeupler (see dispeo- 
ple), < ML. depopulate, depopulate : see depop- 
ulate.'] To depopulate ; dispeople. [Kare.] 
All eyes 
Must see Achilles in flrst sight depeopling enemies. 
Chapman, Iliad, ix. 
and dwarfs if we had any dependable da 
ture and its probable d 
mean human stature 
ascertained. 
I kept within a foot of my dependable little guide, who 
crept gently into the jungle. 
Sir S. W. Baker, Heart of Africa, p. 93. 
dependableness (de-pen'da-bl-nes), . The 
quality or state of being dependable ; reliable- 
ness. 
The regularity and dependableness of a storage cistern 
may very well make it desirable to put up with some waste 
provided it be not excessive. Engin. Mag., XXXI. 480. 
dependance, dependancy (de-pen'dans, -dan- 
si), n. See dependence, dependency. 
dependant (de-pen'dant), a. and n. See de- 
pendent. 
dependence (de-pen 'dens), n. [Formerly some- 
times spelled dependance, after F. dependence; 
= Sp. Pg. dependencia = It. dipendenza. depen- 
densa, < ML. dependentia, < L. dependen(t-)s, 
^j'jTersc^ coionyT^thelun^'it* dependencies; the otdeperdereO '. deperdre),^ 
dependencies of Great Britain. + perdere, lose : see jMndKhm.] 
dependencies of Great Britain. 
The rapidly rising importance of the Anglo-Indian and 
Australian Colonies and dependencies. 
Hinton, Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 42. 
lost or destroyed. 
So reason can be given why, if these deperdits ever ex- 
isted, they have now disappeared. 
The great dependency of India, with its two hundred ,.f** S ^^^ V ^ /' 
millions of people. Contemporary Rev., XLIX. 763. deperditelyt (de-per'dlt-h), adv. [< *deperdtte, 
5f The subject or cause of a quarrel, when aS).(seedeperdit,n.), + -fy2.] Inthemannerof 
duels were in vogue; the affair depending. one ruined ; desperately. 
palace and all its dependencies were situated. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 446. 
= Syn. Dependence, Dependency. These forms are now 
seldom used interchangeably, as they were formerly, de- 
waste; destruction; ruin. See perdition. 
The old [body] by continual Deperdilion anil insensible 
Transpirations evaporating still out of us, and giving Way 
to fresh. Howell, Letters, I. i. 81. 
self." [Rare.] 
And made a long dependence from the bough. Dryden. 
2. The relation of logical consequent to its pendent, ^ 
antecedent, of conclusion to premise, or of a tan 
contingent fact to the condition upon which it 
depends ; the relation of effect to cause, in this 
sense dependence is said to be in ferri, in esse, or in ope- 
ran : in ferri, when the cause brings the effect into being ; 
in esse, when the continued existence of the effect is due 
and sometimes still spelled dependant (see note 
OF. dependant, F. dependant = Sp. 
ality or of individuality from, as by ascribing 
a work, like the Iliad or the Odyssey, to many 
writers or authors, instead of to one writer or 
author. Also spelled depersonalise. 
Modern democracy, whatever political form it may as- 
sume, . . . will have to ground its doctrine of human 
right, not upon theories which depersonalise man, but 
to the cause ; in operari, when the effect cannot itself act 
as a cause without the cooperation of its cause. The word 
is also applied in this sense to the relation of accident to 
substance ; also, to the accident itself, as being in this re- 
lation. 
Causality and dependence: that is, the will of God, and 
his power of acting. Clarke, The Attributes, iii. 
3. The state of deriving existence, support, 
or direction from another; the state of being 
subject to the power and operation of some 
extraneous force ; subjection or subordination 
to another or to something else : as, dependence 
is the natural condition of childhood ; the de- 
pendence of life upon solar heat. 
Having no relation to or dependence upon the court. 
Clarendon, Civil War, III. 623. 
All our dependance was on the Drafts, which only point- 
ed out to us where such and such Places or Islands were, 
without giving us any account, what Harbour, Roads, or 
Bays there were. Dampier, Voyages, I. 416. 
It [the word colony] suggests the notion of a body of 
settlers from some country who still remain in a state of 
greater or less dependence on the mother-country. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 24. 
4. Reliance; confidence; trust; a resting on 
something : as, we may have a firm dependence 
on the promises of God. 
When once a true principle of piety and of a religious 
depetidance on God is duly excited in us, it will operate 
beyond the particular cause from whence it sprang. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. vii. 
The great dependence is upon the Duke ; the soldiers 
adore him, and with reason. Walpole, Letters, II. 4. 
5. In law: (a) The quality of being conditional 
on something else. See dependent, 5. (6) Pen- 
dency ; the condition of awaiting determina- 
tion. 
My father is to advance me a sum to meet, as I have 
alleged, engagements contracted during the dependence, of 
the late negotiation. Shelley, in Dowden, II. 8. 
An action is said to be in dependence from the moment 
of citation till the flnal decision of the House of Lords. 
Bell. 
upon, depend: see depend."] I. a. 1. Hang- 
ing down ; pendent : as, a dependent leaf. 
The whole furrs in the tails were dependent. Peacham. 
2. Subordinate; subject to, under the control 
of, or needing aid from some extraneous source : 
as, the dependent condition of childhood; all depertiblet (de-per'ti-bl), a. 
men are largely dependent upon one another. 
upon the primary facts of free will and moral obligation, 
which 
Who for a poor support herself resign'd 
To the base toil of a dependent mind. 
Crabbe, Works, IV. 176. 
England, long dependent and degraded, was again a pow- 
er of the flrst rank. Macaulay. 
This country is independent in government, but totally 
dependent in manners, which are the basis of government. 
ich constitute him a person. 
Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XXXIX. 47. 
.*. ._ ,- [For departable, 
q. v., partly accommodated to L. dispertire, the 
more common form of dispartire, the orig. of 
ME. departen, deperten, E. depart: see depart."] 
Divisible ; separable ; diffusible. 
It may be, also, that some bodies have a kinde of len- 
tour, and more depertible nature than others, as we see it 
evident in colouration. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 857. 
N. Webster, in Scudder, p. 163. dephal (dep'hal), n. [The Bengali name.] Ar- 
3 Contingent: resultant; derived from as a tocarpus Lakoocha, an Indian tree, of the same 
; related to some ground or condition : genus as the breadfruit and jack, and culti- 
source, 
as, an effect may be dependent on some unknown 
cause. 4. Relative: as, dependent beauty 
vated for its fruit, which is of the size of an 
orange. The juice is used for bird-lime. 
(which see, under beauty). 5. In law, condi- dephlegm (de-flem'), v. t. [=F.deflegmer = Sp. 
tioned on something else : as, the covenant of desflemar = Pg. desfleimar, deflegmar = It. de- 
flemmare, < NL. dephlegmare or diiphlegmare, 
< L. de- or dis- priv. + phlegma, phlegm: see 
phlegm."] To deprive of or clear from phlegm; 
del 
the purchaser of land to pay for it is usually 
so expressed in the contract of purchase as to 
be dependent on performance of the vendor's 
covenant to convey. Such covenants are usu- 
ally mutually dependent Dependent covenant, 
ens, etc. See the nouns. 
another 
the prince was 
dependents. 
Can you love me ? I am an heir, sweet lady, 
However I appear a poor dependant. 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, iii. 5. 
He lives in the family rather as a relation than a de- 
pendant. Addison, Sir Roger at Home. 
We are indigent, defenceless beings ; the creatures of 
his power, and the dependents of his providence. Rogers. 
2. That which depends on something else ; a 
consequence ; a corollary. 
The parliament of 1 H. IV. c. 3, 4. repealed this parlia- 
ment of 21 R. II. with all its circumstances and depen. 
dents. Prynne, Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists, i. 32. 
[As the spelling of this class of words depends solely upon 
whether they happen to be regarded as derived directly 
from the French or directly from the Latin, and as usage is 
divided 
tinctio 
ehydrate; desiccate; dephlegmate. 
We have sometimes taken spirit of salt, and carefully 
dephlegmed it. 
as is done by many, the former being spelled dependant 
and the latter dependent.} 
Moral dependence, the relation of the will to the moral 
law. =Syn. Dependence, Dependency. See dependency. . 
dependency (de-pen'den-si), .; pi. dependen- dependently (de-pen'dent-li), adv. 
cies (-siz). [Formerly also dependancy; an ex- pendent manner. 
tension of dependence. See -ence, -ency."] 1. depender (de-pen'der), n. One who depends; 
Same as dependence, a dependent. 
fiydrate: see* dephlegm.'] To deprive of super- 
abundant water, as by evaporation or distilla- 
tion; rectify: said of spirits or acids. 
We dephlegmated some by more frequent . . . rectifica- 
tions. Boyle, Works, I. 329. 
dephlegmation (de-fleg-ma'shon), n. [= F. 
deregulation = Sp. desflemacion = Pg. deflegma- 
cao = lt. deflemmazione, < Nii.*dephlegmatio(n-), 
*disphlegmatio(n-), < dephlegmare, dtsphlegmare, 
dephlegm: see depMegmate.'] The operation 
of separating water from spirits and acids by 
evaporation or repeated distillation; concen- 
tration. 
In divers cases it is not enough to separate the aqueous 
parts by dephlegmatian. Boyle. 
vided, there is no good reason for insisting upon a"dis- dephleemator (de-fleg'ma-tor), n. A condens- 
nction in spelling between the noun and the adjective, 5J V_ TR. 
ing apparatus for stills, consisting sometimes 
of broad sheets of tinned copper soldered to- 
In a de- gether so as to leave narrow spaces between 
them, the liquid flowing successively from one 
space to the next, and sometimes of a worm or 
continuous pipe in large coils. 
