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Webster 1913 Edition
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)
- 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.
- 1858, Hercules Robinson, Sea drift (page 92)