Pendent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pendent \Pend"ent\ (p[e^]nd"ent), a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr.
     of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. {Pendant}.]
     1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous;
        hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." --Shak.
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              Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent
              icicles tinkle.                       --Longfellow.
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     2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. "A vapor sometime
        like a . . . pendent rock." --Shak.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "pendent":
     at issue, cascading, conditional, conditioned, contingent,
     dangling, dependent, depending, falling, falling loosely, flowing,
     hanging, hung, in question, in suspense, in the balance, open,
     pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile,
     suspended, suspenseful, swinging, uncounted, undecided,
     undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold,
     up for grabs, weeping