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Dependancy

{

De-pend′ant

,

De-pend′ance

,
Noun.
,

De-pend′an-cy

}
,
Noun.
☞ The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent.

Definition 2024


dependancy

dependancy

English

Noun

dependancy (countable and uncountable, plural dependancies)

  1. Archaic form of dependency.
    • 1858, Hercules Robinson, Sea drift (page 92)
      One thing we may learn from Spain as she is, namely, the management of colonies. "Sweet are the uses of adversity;" and the "precious jewel" in this case is to be found in Spanish dependancies.