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undeˈpending, ppl. a.
[un-1 10 and 5 b.]
1. Not depending from or on something.
1649Milton Eikon. x. Wks. 1851 III. 414 If the power of the Sword were any where separate and undepending from the power of Law. 1659― Hirelings Ibid. V. 387 While they are thus upheld undepending on the Church, on which alone they anciently depended.
2. Not dependent; independent.
1649Milton Observ. Peace Ormond Wks. 1851 IV. 569 [To] claim an absolute and undepending Jurisdiction. 1712[P. Metcalfe] Life St. Winefride 19 That with an undepending Freedom, they might be more absolute Masters of short time. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 60 But the landed undepending men..will never receive it. |