Definitions for dependance
de·pen·dance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituationnoun

   being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

2. dependence, dependance, dependencynoun

   the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dependancenoun

   dependence

2. dependancenoun

   Misspelling of dependence

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dependance, Dependancynoun

   Etymology: from depend.

   1. The state of hanging down from a supporter.2. Something hanging upon another.

   On a neighb’ring tree descending light,
   Like a large cluster of black grapes they show,
   And make a large dependance from the bough. John Dryden, Virgil.

   3. Concatination; connexion; relation of one thing to another.

   In all sorts of reasoning, the connexion and dependance of ideas should be followed, ’till the mind is brought to the source on which it bottoms. John Locke.

   4. State of being at the disposal or under the sovereignty of another.

   Every moment we feel our dependance upon God, and find that we can neither be happy without him, nor think ourselves so. John Tillotson, Serm. 1.

   5. The things or persons of which any man has the dominion or disposal.

   Never was there a prince bereaved of his dependancies by his council, except where there hath been either an overgreatness in one counsellor, or an over-strict combination in divers. Francis Bacon, Essay 21.

   The second natural division of power, is of such men who have acquired large possessions, and consequently dependancies; or descend from ancestors, who have left them great inheritances. Jonathan Swift, on the Dissentions in Athens and Rome.

   6. Reliance; trust; confidence.

   Their dependencies on him were drowned in this conceit. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 4.

   They slept in peace by night,
   Secure of bread, as of returning light;
   And with such firm dependance on the day,
   That need grew pamper’d, and forgot to pray. Dryden.

   7. Accident; that of which the existence presupposes the existence of something else.

   Modes I call such complex ideas, which, however compounded, contain not in them the supposition of subsisting by themselves, but are considered as dependencies on, or affections of substances; such are the ideas signified by the words triangle, gratitude, murder. John Locke.

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1. dependance

   Dependence refers to the state or condition of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else. This reliance could be emotional, physical, psychological, or financial. It is often characterized by a lack of independence or self-sufficiency.

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1. Dependancenoun

   alt. of Dependancy

Matched Categories

1. • Narcotic
   • Physical Condition
   • State

How to pronounce dependance?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dependance in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dependance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of dependance in a Sentence

1. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   Only now did I become throughly acquainted with the seducer of our people. It is not the inequality which is the real misfortune, it is the dependance.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dependance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dependance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dependance
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dependance