Middle English Dictionary Entry
dē̆pendaunt ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | dē̆pendaunt ppl. Also -ent. |
| Etymology | OF dependant & L dēpendent-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Dependent; ~ of, ~ fro, relying for existence on (sb. or sth.); (b) law of a legal act: appertaining; ~ of (to, upon), growing out of (another act), consequent upon (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)21b/b : Þe beinge & þe worchinge of þis soule..is dependaunt of [L dependet a] þe body þat he is inne.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)121 : It [life] is hangyng and dependaunt in his beyng fro such a body now seid.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)221 : Þei ben creaturis maad of a maker out of noun beyng into beyng, and þerfore dependaunt of þe same maker.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)309 : Þe knowing þerof hangiþ and is dependent of affermyng and reuelyng of god.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)17 : Euery thing groundid hangeth and is dependent of his ground, so that he mai not be withoute his ground.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)17/25 : A beestis soul..is dependent and hangyng and þerfore causid of þe bodi.
b
- (1429) Proc.Privy C.3.331 : As touching þe furst..wherto must many oþer þinges be dependent as accessoires to þe principal.
- (1435) RParl.4.487a : That no persone be chargeable..by vertu or by auctorite of this Graunte, or ony thing dependant therof.
- (1450) RParl.5.213a : And also all other Writtes, aswell the venir 'fac', as other Writtes theruppon dependauntez.
2.
(a) Pending, awaiting attention; of a lawsuit: unsettled; of land or rent: in dispute, in litigation; (b) waiting, unsure, in doubt.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Forest Laws (Dc 335)241 : If there [be] ony thing dependaunt atte last sessions, not presented but put in respite in to the comnynge of the Justise of the forest, ye shul do vs to wete what it was.
- (1454) Deed Yks.in YASRS 65125 : Thos viii persons..has gevyn jugement..of all the maters, querels, and accions dependaunt betwyx the sayd Brian, [etc.]..and the sayd Jonet, [etc.]..if there be any land or rent dependaunt bytwyx the sayd Brian Thornhill and the sayd Thomas Fryth.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6672 : Ofte sithe dependent & in doute Is fatal þing, vnsiker & vnstable.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)2207 : And thus dependent in A where [read: were], I gan lyften vp my chere.
3.
Hanging down, pendent, suspended; of a sow's belly: hanging down, heavy.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)67b/a : Þat..þer be put a tent in þe place more dependent [L dependenti], þat if any þing abide..of frustulez or of sanie..yt may be purged fro þens.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1060 : The sowes is to chese of lengest side..So they be wombed wel, dependaunt, side.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.131 : The doȝhter..was moder to this Balthazar, for whom that hie gardyn dependente [L hortus suspensilis] was made.