Definition of dependent

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Dependent (a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends..

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Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
Independent :: Independent (a.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
Fortuitous :: Fortuitous (a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
Dualism :: Dualism (n.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit..
Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (n.) One who subsists on charity; a dependent.
Autonomous :: Autonomous (a.) Having independent existence or laws.
Novene :: Novene (a.) Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary..
Independency :: Independency (n.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.
Mugwump :: Mugwump (n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
Country :: Country (adv.) A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship..
Creature :: Creature (n.) A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
Enclitical :: Enclitical (v. i.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word..
Satellite :: Satellite (n.) An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent..
Ground :: Ground (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody..
Son :: Son (n.) Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent..
Dependence :: Dependence (n.) The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.
Cutting :: Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut..
Conditioned :: Conditioned (a.) Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement..
Independently :: Independently (adv.) In an independent manner; without control.
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