† independv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. ? To be independent, or to profess Independency.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)]
to have one's own rulea1393
to be one's own man (also woman, person)a1425
to be one's own master?1510
to stand on one's own bottom1564
to sit loose1591
independa1657
to paddle one's own canoe1828
to go it alone1842
to run one's own show1892
to go one's (own) gait1922
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II xcviii, in Poems (1878) III. 161 And Newer Lights, old Rights may vilepend; But wee must All be fixt or Independ.
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v.a1657- make abode
- make abort
- make about
- make account
- make account of
- make acquaintance
- make acquaintance of also occasionally with
- make advantage of
- make affiance
- make affray
- make after
- make again
- make against
- make agreement
- make aim
- make aliyah
- make all
- make all the running
- make allowance for
- make allowances for
- make alt
- make alto
- make amendment
- make amendments
- make amends