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▪ I. deˈpending, vbl. n. rare.
[f. depend v.1 + -ing1. In sense 2, perh. a subst. use of the ppl. a.]
1. The action of the verb depend; dependence; in quot. † waiting, suspense (see depend v.1 6, 7).
1616B. Jonson Epigr., To William Roe, Delay is bad, doubt worse, depending worst.
2. Something depending on or belonging to something else; an appurtenance; = dependence 4, dependency 4 a. Obs.
1436Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 181 Conclusion of this deppendinge of kepinge of the see. 1642in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 665 The said Commissions or Writs, with all their Dependings and Circumstances.
▪ II. depending, ppl. a. (prep.)|dɪˈpɛndɪŋ|
[f. depend v.1 + -ing2.]
A. adj. That depends: see the verb.
1. Hanging or inclining downwards; pendent.
1735Somerville Chase iii. 441 To raise the slope Depending Road. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 52 To prevent the Pus from lodging in the most depending Part. 1819J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (1820) 39 Locked in the twilight of depending boughs. 1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 176 One or two depending vines.
2. That depends on something else; contingent, conditioned, etc.; dependent.
1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 446 A number of depending circumstances distinctly and advantageously arranged.
†3. Subordinate, dependent, subject. Obs.
1705Stanhope Paraphr. I. 37 [Persons] of a mean depending Condition. 1735Berkeley Querist §419 Either kingdom or republic, depending or independent, free or enslaved.
†4. Relying, trusting. ? Obs.
1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 113 A lesson of heaven-depending faith. 1829E. Bather Serm. II. 372 A praying, waiting, depending frame of mind.
5. Awaiting settlement, pending.
1679Hist. Jetzer 34 To hear and determine the depending cause. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 35 Letters of diligence..granted in a depending process.
B. prep. [Originally the pres. pple. agreeing with the n. in absolute construction, as in L. pendente lite; cf. during, notwithstanding.] During the continuance or dependence of; pending.
1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 31 Pream., Knyghthode..receyved, eny tyme dependyng the seid accions or suetys, shall abate the writtes. 1602W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 61 The plaintife is put out of seruice depending the plea. |